Jamestown. Simple answer.
Jamestown, Virginia was the first successful attempt to sustain a settlement. Founded by Christopher Newport working for the Virginia company in London.
That would be St Augustine.
The oldest European settlement in North America that is still standing today is St. Augustine, Florida. It was settled by the Spanish in 1565.
Fla has the oldest settlement in the United States. The Spanish settled St. Augustine. The Vikings were in New Foundland 500 years before the first Europeans settled in North America, but New Foundland isn't in the United States.
St. Augustine, Florida, 1565. It is also oldest active city in the U.S.
Saint Augustine, Florida was not one of the first Spanish settlements in North America. The Dominican Republic, also known as Isabela Island was the very first settlement of the Spanish in North America. Many of the first Spanish settlements were in the Caribbean Sea. Saint Augustine, Florida came well after Christopher Columbus.
The Line of Demarcation gave mainland North America to Spain. Which is why Fort Augustine in Florida is the oldest European settlement in the United States.
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the oldest European city in North America. It was founded by Columbus' brother in 1508. It served as the centre for Spanish tyrrany, conquest and extermination of the indigenous people for a century and as the first terminus of the slave ships thereafter. It is a beautiful city whose history is steeped in blood.
That would be St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565.
i think it was 1779
1001 AD.