Map Shows the Oldest Town in Each U.S. State

Do you know the oldest town in your state?

We trawled the archives to create this illustrated map that shows the oldest town in each state in the U.S.

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Cant barely see anything on the map...y isnt there an option to click on the map and zoom in?????

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The oldest verified continually occupied town in Alaska (& North America too) is Point Hope Alaska @ 10000+ yrs, not Kodiak at a skinny 290 yrs.

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Really? Even I have heard of Natchitoches. Maybe it's the pronunciation.
Natchitoches- Pronounced nah-codish, or nah-coh-doches in Texas. This name is not to be confused with Nacogdoches, its sister-city in Texas, Natchitoches is a main street community in the central part of Louisiana. It has a history of being the oldest settlement of the Louisiana Purchase. The city is named in honor of the Natchitoches Indian tribe.

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This article states Ogden is the oldest town in Utah and gives a date of 1851. Ogden was the first white settlement in Utah. Miles Goodyear built a tiny cabin and a trading fort (Fort Buenaventura) in 1845. There were probably a dozen still inhabited towns in Utah founded before 1851, including Salt Lake City, founded in 1947.