How America Filled Up

What is on the map

• 59 Colonial, before 1776
• 101 The young republic, 1776–1848
• 178 West of the Mississippi, 1848–1900
• 73 The twentieth century

Chronology

1. 1 January 1607Richmond, Virginia — founded 1607, today 226,610 peoplecity▸
2. 1 January 1610Santa Fe, New Mexico — founded 1610, today 87,505 peoplecity▸
3. 1 January 1624New York City — founded 1624, today 8,804,190 peoplecity▸
4. 1 January 1625Quincy, Massachusetts — founded 1625, today 101,636 peoplecity▸
5. 1 January 1629Lynn, Massachusetts — founded 1629, today 101,253 peoplecity▸
6. 1 January 1630Boston — founded 1630, today 675,647 peoplecity▸
7. 1 January 1630Cambridge, Massachusetts — founded 1630, today 118,403 peoplecity▸
8. 1 January 1630Somerville, Massachusetts — founded 1630, today 81,045 peoplecity▸
9. 1 January 1630Revere, Massachusetts — founded 1630, today 62,186 peoplecity▸
10. 1 January 1632Portland, Maine — founded 1632, today 68,408 peoplecity▸
11. 1 January 1634Green Bay, Wisconsin — founded 1634, today 107,395 peoplecity▸
12. 1 January 1634Waltham, Massachusetts — founded 1634, today 65,218 peoplecity▸
13. 1 January 1636Providence, Rhode Island — founded 1636, today 190,934 peoplecity▸
14. 1 January 1636Springfield, Massachusetts — founded 1636, today 155,929 peoplecity▸
15. 1 January 1638New Haven, Connecticut — founded 1638, today 134,023 peoplecity▸
16. 1 January 1638Wilmington, Delaware — founded 1638, today 70,898 peoplecity▸
17. 1 January 1640New Bedford, Massachusetts — founded 1640, today 101,079 peoplecity▸
18. 1 January 1640Norwalk, Connecticut — founded 1640, today 91,184 peoplecity▸
19. 1 January 1640Haverhill, Massachusetts — founded 1640, today 67,787 peoplecity▸
20. 1 January 1640Malden, Massachusetts — founded 1640, today 66,263 peoplecity▸
21. 1 January 1641Stamford, Connecticut — founded 1641, today 135,470 peoplecity▸
22. 1 January 1642Warwick, Rhode Island — founded 1642, today 82,823 peoplecity▸
23. 1 January 1653Lowell, Massachusetts — founded 1653, today 115,554 peoplecity▸
24. 1 January 1655Lawrence, Massachusetts — founded 1655, today 89,143 peoplecity▸
25. 1 January 1670Charleston, South Carolina — founded 1670, today 150,227 peoplecity▸
26. 1 January 1670Fall River, Massachusetts — founded 1670, today 94,000 peoplecity▸
27. 1 January 1671Pawtucket, Rhode Island — founded 1671, today 75,604 peoplecity▸
28. 1 January 1673Worcester, Massachusetts — founded 1673, today 206,518 peoplecity▸
29. 1 January 1679Duluth, Minnesota — founded 1679, today 86,697 peoplecity▸
30. 1 January 1680El Paso, Texas — founded 1680, today 678,815 peoplecity▸
31. 1 January 1686Waterbury, Connecticut — founded 1686, today 114,403 peoplecity▸
32. 1 January 1688Newton, Massachusetts — founded 1688, today 88,923 peoplecity▸
33. 1 January 1688New Rochelle, New York — founded 1688, today 79,726 peoplecity▸
34. 1 January 1692Ponce, Puerto Rico — founded 1692, today 137,491 peoplecity▸
35. 1 January 1699Baton Rouge, Louisiana — founded 1699, today 227,470 peoplecity▸
36. 1 January 1699Racine, Wisconsin — founded 1699, today 77,816 peoplecity▸
37. 1 January 1700Brockton, Massachusetts — founded 1700, today 105,643 peoplecity▸
38. 1 January 1701Detroit — founded 1701, today 639,111 peoplecity▸
39. 1 January 1702Mobile, Alabama — founded 1702, today 187,041 peoplecity▸
40. 1 January 1702Danbury, Connecticut — founded 1702, today 86,518 peoplecity▸
41. 1 January 1706Albuquerque, New Mexico — founded 1706, today 564,559 peoplecity▸
42. 1 January 1718San Antonio — founded 1718, today 1,434,625 peoplecity▸
43. 1 January 1718New Orleans — founded 1718, today 383,997 peoplecity▸
44. 1 January 1721Spotsylvania County, Virginia — founded 1721, today 140,032 peoplecity▸
45. 1 January 1722Manchester, New Hampshire — founded 1722, today 115,644 peoplecity▸
46. 1 January 1733Savannah, Georgia — founded 1733, today 147,780 peoplecity▸
47. 1 January 1745Frederick, Maryland — founded 1745, today 78,171 peoplecity▸
48. 1 January 1746Nashua, New Hampshire — founded 1746, today 91,322 peoplecity▸
49. 1 January 1749Alexandria, Virginia — founded 1749, today 159,467 peoplecity▸
50. 1 January 1754Cranston, Rhode Island — founded 1754, today 82,934 peoplecity▸
51. 1 January 1757Jacksonville, North Carolina — founded 1757, today 72,723 peoplecity▸
52. 1 January 1764St. Louis — founded 1764, today 301,578 peoplecity▸
53. 1 January 1765St. Charles, Missouri — founded 1765, today 70,493 peoplecity▸
54. 1 January 1766Winston-Salem, North Carolina — founded 1766, today 249,545 peoplecity▸
55. 1 January 1768Charlotte, North Carolina — founded 1768, today 874,579 peoplecity▸
56. 1 January 1769San Diego — founded 1769, today 1,386,932 peoplecity▸
57. 1 January 1775Tucson, Arizona — founded 1775, today 542,629 peoplecity▸
58. 1 January 1775Lexington, Kentucky — founded 1775, today 322,570 peoplecity▸
59. 1 January 1775Caguas, Puerto Rico — founded 1775, today 127,244 peoplecity▸
60. 1 January 1776San Francisco — founded 1776, today 873,965 peoplecity▸
61. 1 January 1777Santa Clara, California — founded 1777, today 127,647 peoplecity▸
62. 1 January 1778Louisville, Kentucky — founded 1778, today 246,161 peoplecity▸
63. 1 January 1779Nashville, Tennessee — founded 1779, today 689,447 peoplecity▸
64. 1 January 1784Hendersonville, Tennessee — founded 1784, today 61,753 peoplecity▸
65. 1 January 1785Clarksville, Tennessee — founded 1785, today 166,722 peoplecity▸
66. 1 January 1785Bristol, Connecticut — founded 1785, today 60,833 peoplecity▸
67. 1 January 1786Knoxville, Tennessee — founded 1786, today 190,740 peoplecity▸
68. 1 January 1786Dearborn, Michigan — founded 1786, today 109,976 peoplecity▸
69. 1 January 1786Greenville, North Carolina — founded 1786, today 87,521 peoplecity▸
70. 1 January 1787Columbia, South Carolina — founded 1787, today 136,632 peoplecity▸
71. 1 January 1788Rochester, New York — founded 1788, today 211,328 peoplecity▸
72. 1 January 1790Washington, D.C. — founded 1790, today 689,545 peoplecity▸
73. 1 January 1791Jacksonville, Florida — founded 1791, today 949,611 peoplecity▸
74. 1 January 1794Fort Wayne, Indiana — founded 1794, today 263,886 peoplecity▸
75. 1 January 1794Hamilton, Ohio — founded 1794, today 63,399 peoplecity▸
76. 1 January 1796Cleveland — founded 1796, today 372,624 peoplecity▸
77. 1 January 1796Dayton, Ohio — founded 1796, today 137,644 peoplecity▸
78. 1 January 1796Concord, North Carolina — founded 1796, today 105,240 peoplecity▸
79. 1 January 1797Asheville, North Carolina — founded 1797, today 94,589 peoplecity▸
80. 1 January 1797Owensboro, Kentucky — founded 1797, today 60,183 peoplecity▸
81. 1 January 1798Bowling Green, Kentucky — founded 1798, today 72,294 peoplecity▸
82. 1 January 1799Franklin, Tennessee — founded 1799, today 83,454 peoplecity▸
83. 1 January 1802Gaithersburg, Maryland — founded 1802, today 69,657 peoplecity▸
84. 1 January 1805Huntsville, Alabama — founded 1805, today 215,006 peoplecity▸
85. 1 January 1805Canton, Ohio — founded 1805, today 70,872 peoplecity▸
86. 1 January 1806Athens, Georgia — founded 1806, today 127,315 peoplecity▸
87. 1 January 1807Lorain, Ohio — founded 1807, today 65,211 peoplecity▸
88. 1 January 1808Greensboro, North Carolina — founded 1808, today 299,035 peoplecity▸
89. 1 January 1808San Marcos, Texas — founded 1808, today 67,553 peoplecity▸
90. 1 January 1811Murfreesboro, Tennessee — founded 1811, today 152,769 peoplecity▸
91. 1 January 1816Parma, Ohio — founded 1816, today 81,146 peoplecity▸
92. 1 January 1817Montgomery, Alabama — founded 1817, today 200,603 peoplecity▸
93. 1 January 1817Evansville, Indiana — founded 1817, today 117,298 peoplecity▸
94. 1 January 1817Fort Smith, Arkansas — founded 1817, today 89,142 peoplecity▸
95. 1 January 1818Flint, Michigan — founded 1818, today 81,252 peoplecity▸
96. 1 January 1818Bloomington, Indiana — founded 1818, today 79,168 peoplecity▸
97. 1 January 1818Oshkosh, Wisconsin — founded 1818, today 66,816 peoplecity▸
98. 1 January 1818Pontiac, Michigan — founded 1818, today 61,606 peoplecity▸
99. 1 January 1819Memphis, Tennessee — founded 1819, today 633,104 peoplecity▸
100. 1 January 1819Tuscaloosa, Alabama — founded 1819, today 99,600 peoplecity▸
101. 1 January 1821Indianapolis — founded 1821, today 887,642 peoplecity▸
102. 1 January 1821Little Rock, Arkansas — founded 1821, today 202,591 peoplecity▸
103. 1 January 1821Bridgeport, Connecticut — founded 1821, today 148,654 peoplecity▸
104. 1 January 1821Columbia, Missouri — founded 1821, today 126,254 peoplecity▸
105. 1 January 1821Lafayette, Louisiana — founded 1821, today 121,374 peoplecity▸
106. 1 January 1821Springfield, Illinois — founded 1821, today 114,394 peoplecity▸
107. 1 January 1821Jackson, Tennessee — founded 1821, today 68,205 peoplecity▸
108. 1 January 1822Jackson, Mississippi — founded 1822, today 153,701 peoplecity▸
109. 1 January 1822Bellevue, Nebraska — founded 1822, today 64,176 peoplecity▸
110. 1 January 1823Tampa, Florida — founded 1823, today 384,959 peoplecity▸
111. 1 January 1823Macon, Georgia — founded 1823, today 157,346 peoplecity▸
112. 1 January 1823Southfield, Michigan — founded 1823, today 76,618 peoplecity▸
113. 1 January 1823Decatur, Illinois — founded 1823, today 70,522 peoplecity▸
114. 1 January 1823Noblesville, Indiana — founded 1823, today 69,604 peoplecity▸
115. 1 January 1824Tallahassee, Florida — founded 1824, today 196,169 peoplecity▸
116. 1 January 1824Ann Arbor, Michigan — founded 1824, today 123,851 peoplecity▸
117. 1 January 1825Miami — founded 1825, today 442,241 peoplecity▸
118. 1 January 1825Vancouver, Washington — founded 1825, today 190,915 peoplecity▸
119. 1 January 1825Akron, Ohio — founded 1825, today 190,469 peoplecity▸
120. 1 January 1826Grand Rapids, Michigan — founded 1826, today 198,917 peoplecity▸
121. 1 January 1827Independence, Missouri — founded 1827, today 123,011 peoplecity▸
122. 1 January 1827Muncie, Indiana — founded 1827, today 65,194 peoplecity▸
123. 1 January 1828Columbus, Georgia — founded 1828, today 206,922 peoplecity▸
124. 1 January 1828Fayetteville, Arkansas — founded 1828, today 93,949 peoplecity▸
125. 1 January 1829Kalamazoo, Michigan — founded 1829, today 73,598 peoplecity▸
126. 1 January 1830Warren, Michigan — founded 1830, today 139,387 peoplecity▸
127. 1 January 1831Greenville, South Carolina — founded 1831, today 70,720 peoplecity▸
128. 1 January 1832Novi, Michigan — founded 1832, today 66,243 peoplecity▸
129. 1 January 1833Joliet, Illinois — founded 1833, today 150,362 peoplecity▸
130. 1 January 1833Lakewood, Washington — founded 1833, today 63,612 peoplecity▸
131. 1 January 1834Marietta, Georgia — founded 1834, today 60,972 peoplecity▸
132. 1 January 1835Beaumont, Texas — founded 1835, today 115,282 peoplecity▸
133. 1 January 1835Kenosha, Wisconsin — founded 1835, today 99,986 peoplecity▸
134. 1 January 1836Houston — founded 1836, today 2,304,580 peoplecity▸
135. 1 January 1836Tulsa, Oklahoma — founded 1836, today 413,066 peoplecity▸
136. 1 January 1836Shreveport, Louisiana — founded 1836, today 187,593 peoplecity▸
137. 1 January 1836Davenport, Iowa — founded 1836, today 101,724 peoplecity▸
138. 1 January 1836Auburn, Alabama — founded 1836, today 76,143 peoplecity▸
139. 1 January 1836Albany, Georgia — founded 1836, today 69,647 peoplecity▸
140. 1 January 1838Springfield, Missouri — founded 1838, today 169,176 peoplecity▸
141. 1 January 1838Springdale, Arkansas — founded 1838, today 84,161 peoplecity▸
142. 1 January 1839Corpus Christi, Texas — founded 1839, today 317,863 peoplecity▸
143. 1 January 1839Chattanooga, Tennessee — founded 1839, today 181,099 peoplecity▸
144. 1 January 1839Iowa City, Iowa — founded 1839, today 74,828 peoplecity▸
145. 1 January 1839Waukesha, Wisconsin — founded 1839, today 71,991 peoplecity▸
146. 1 January 1840Richardson, Texas — founded 1840, today 119,469 peoplecity▸
147. 1 January 1841Dallas — founded 1841, today 1,304,379 peoplecity▸
148. 1 January 1843Des Moines, Iowa — founded 1843, today 214,133 peoplecity▸
149. 1 January 1843Bloomington, Minnesota — founded 1843, today 89,987 peoplecity▸
150. 1 January 1843St. Joseph, Missouri — founded 1843, today 72,473 peoplecity▸
151. 1 January 1845Atlanta — founded 1845, today 498,715 peoplecity▸
152. 1 January 1845New Braunfels, Texas — founded 1845, today 90,403 peoplecity▸
153. 1 January 1845Ocala, Florida — founded 1845, today 63,591 peoplecity▸
154. 1 January 1846Eugene, Oregon — founded 1846, today 176,654 peoplecity▸
155. 1 January 1846Tyler, Texas — founded 1846, today 105,995 peoplecity▸
156. 1 January 1846Ogden, Utah — founded 1846, today 87,321 peoplecity▸
157. 1 January 1847Salt Lake City — founded 1847, today 199,723 peoplecity▸
158. 1 January 1847Yakima, Washington — founded 1847, today 96,968 peoplecity▸
159. 1 January 1847Santa Barbara, California — founded 1847, today 88,665 peoplecity▸
160. 1 January 1847Taylor, Michigan — founded 1847, today 63,409 peoplecity▸
161. 1 January 1848McKinney, Texas — founded 1848, today 195,308 peoplecity▸
162. 1 January 1848Appleton, Wisconsin — founded 1848, today 75,644 peoplecity▸
163. 1 January 1848Georgetown, Texas — founded 1848, today 67,176 peoplecity▸
164. 1 January 1848Taylorsville, Utah — founded 1848, today 60,448 peoplecity▸
165. 1 January 1849Fort Worth, Texas — founded 1849, today 918,915 peoplecity▸
166. 1 January 1849Sacramento, California — founded 1849, today 524,943 peoplecity▸
167. 1 January 1849Brownsville, Texas — founded 1849, today 186,738 peoplecity▸
168. 1 January 1849Waco, Texas — founded 1849, today 138,486 peoplecity▸
169. 1 January 1849Cedar Rapids, Iowa — founded 1849, today 137,710 peoplecity▸
170. 1 January 1849West Jordan, Utah — founded 1849, today 116,961 peoplecity▸
171. 1 January 1849Provo, Utah — founded 1849, today 115,162 peoplecity▸
172. 1 January 1849Las Cruces, New Mexico — founded 1849, today 111,385 peoplecity▸
173. 1 January 1849Yuba City, California — founded 1849, today 70,117 peoplecity▸
174. 1 January 1850Minneapolis — founded 1850, today 429,954 peoplecity▸
175. 1 January 1850Elk Grove, California — founded 1850, today 176,124 peoplecity▸
176. 1 January 1850Hoover, Alabama — founded 1850, today 92,606 peoplecity▸
177. 1 January 1850Brooklyn Park, Minnesota — founded 1850, today 86,478 peoplecity▸
178. 1 January 1850Layton, Utah — founded 1850, today 81,773 peoplecity▸
179. 1 January 1850Lehi, Utah — founded 1850, today 75,907 peoplecity▸
180. 1 January 1850New Britain, Connecticut — founded 1850, today 74,135 peoplecity▸
181. 1 January 1850Lakeville, Minnesota — founded 1850, today 69,490 peoplecity▸
182. 1 January 1851Seattle — founded 1851, today 737,015 peoplecity▸
183. 1 January 1851Round Rock, Texas — founded 1851, today 119,468 peoplecity▸
184. 1 January 1852Oakland, California — founded 1852, today 440,646 peoplecity▸
185. 1 January 1852El Monte, California — founded 1852, today 109,450 peoplecity▸
186. 1 January 1852Bellingham, Washington — founded 1852, today 91,482 peoplecity▸
187. 1 January 1852Plymouth, Minnesota — founded 1852, today 81,026 peoplecity▸
188. 1 January 1852Rock Hill, South Carolina — founded 1852, today 74,372 peoplecity▸
189. 1 January 1852Des Plaines, Illinois — founded 1852, today 60,675 peoplecity▸
190. 1 January 1853Kansas City, Missouri — founded 1853, today 508,090 peoplecity▸
191. 1 January 1853Gainesville, Florida — founded 1853, today 141,085 peoplecity▸
192. 1 January 1853Lafayette, Indiana — founded 1853, today 70,783 peoplecity▸
193. 1 January 1853Janesville, Wisconsin — founded 1853, today 65,615 peoplecity▸
194. 1 January 1854Omaha, Nebraska — founded 1854, today 486,051 peoplecity▸
195. 1 January 1854Saint Paul, Minnesota — founded 1854, today 311,527 peoplecity▸
196. 1 January 1854Topeka, Kansas — founded 1854, today 126,587 peoplecity▸
197. 1 January 1854Rochester, Minnesota — founded 1854, today 121,395 peoplecity▸
198. 1 January 1854Lawrence, Kansas — founded 1854, today 94,934 peoplecity▸
199. 1 January 1854Roswell, Georgia — founded 1854, today 92,833 peoplecity▸
200. 1 January 1854Sioux City, Iowa — founded 1854, today 85,797 peoplecity▸
201. 1 January 1854Ankeny, Iowa — founded 1854, today 67,887 peoplecity▸
202. 1 January 1854Council Bluffs, Iowa — founded 1854, today 62,799 peoplecity▸
203. 1 January 1855Champaign, Illinois — founded 1855, today 88,302 peoplecity▸
204. 1 January 1855Kenner, Louisiana — founded 1855, today 66,448 peoplecity▸
205. 1 January 1855Burnsville, Minnesota — founded 1855, today 64,317 peoplecity▸
206. 1 January 1856Lincoln, Nebraska — founded 1856, today 291,082 peoplecity▸
207. 1 January 1856Sioux Falls, South Dakota — founded 1856, today 192,517 peoplecity▸
208. 1 January 1856O'Fallon, Missouri — founded 1856, today 91,316 peoplecity▸
209. 1 January 1856Mansfield, Texas — founded 1856, today 72,602 peoplecity▸
210. 1 January 1856Johnson City, Tennessee — founded 1856, today 71,046 peoplecity▸
211. 1 January 1856St. Cloud, Minnesota — founded 1856, today 68,881 peoplecity▸
212. 1 January 1857Olathe, Kansas — founded 1857, today 141,290 peoplecity▸
213. 1 January 1858Denver — founded 1858, today 715,522 peoplecity▸
214. 1 January 1858Boulder, Colorado — founded 1858, today 108,250 peoplecity▸
215. 1 January 1858Maple Grove, Minnesota — founded 1858, today 70,253 peoplecity▸
216. 1 January 1858Eden Prairie, Minnesota — founded 1858, today 64,198 peoplecity▸
217. 1 January 1859Arvada, Colorado — founded 1859, today 124,402 peoplecity▸
218. 1 January 1859Westminster, Colorado — founded 1859, today 116,317 peoplecity▸
219. 1 January 1859South Jordan, Utah — founded 1859, today 77,487 peoplecity▸
220. 1 January 1860Chico, California — founded 1860, today 101,475 peoplecity▸
221. 1 January 1860Eagan, Minnesota — founded 1860, today 68,855 peoplecity▸
222. 1 January 1861St. George, Utah — founded 1861, today 95,342 peoplecity▸
223. 1 January 1861Lake Charles, Louisiana — founded 1861, today 84,872 peoplecity▸
224. 1 January 1861Manteca, California — founded 1861, today 83,498 peoplecity▸
225. 1 January 1863Boise, Idaho — founded 1863, today 235,684 peoplecity▸
226. 1 January 1863Grand Prairie, Texas — founded 1863, today 196,100 peoplecity▸
227. 1 January 1864Fort Collins, Colorado — founded 1864, today 169,810 peoplecity▸
228. 1 January 1864Ames, Iowa — founded 1864, today 66,427 peoplecity▸
229. 1 January 1864Idaho Falls, Idaho — founded 1864, today 64,818 peoplecity▸
230. 1 January 1865South Bend, Indiana — founded 1865, today 103,453 peoplecity▸
231. 1 January 1865Lee's Summit, Missouri — founded 1865, today 101,108 peoplecity▸
232. 1 January 1866Denton, Texas — founded 1866, today 139,869 peoplecity▸
233. 1 January 1866Missoula, Montana — founded 1866, today 73,489 peoplecity▸
234. 1 January 1867Melbourne, Florida — founded 1867, today 84,678 peoplecity▸
235. 1 January 1867Cheyenne, Wyoming — founded 1867, today 65,132 peoplecity▸
236. 1 January 1867Port Orange, Florida — founded 1867, today 62,596 peoplecity▸
237. 1 January 1867Meriden, Connecticut — founded 1867, today 60,850 peoplecity▸
238. 1 January 1868Wichita, Kansas — founded 1868, today 397,532 peoplecity▸
239. 1 January 1868Reno, Nevada — founded 1868, today 264,165 peoplecity▸
240. 1 January 1868Kansas City, Kansas — founded 1868, today 156,607 peoplecity▸
241. 1 January 1868Davis, California — founded 1868, today 66,850 peoplecity▸
242. 1 January 1869Durham, North Carolina — founded 1869, today 283,506 peoplecity▸
243. 1 January 1869Bellevue, Washington — founded 1869, today 151,854 peoplecity▸
244. 1 January 1869Greeley, Colorado — founded 1869, today 108,795 peoplecity▸
245. 1 January 1870Westminster, California — founded 1870, today 90,911 peoplecity▸
246. 1 January 1870Redmond, Washington — founded 1870, today 73,256 peoplecity▸
247. 1 January 1870Daytona Beach, Florida — founded 1870, today 72,647 peoplecity▸
248. 1 January 1871Colorado Springs, Colorado — founded 1871, today 478,961 peoplecity▸
249. 1 January 1871Spokane, Washington — founded 1871, today 228,989 peoplecity▸
250. 1 January 1871Birmingham, Alabama — founded 1871, today 200,733 peoplecity▸
251. 1 January 1871Fargo, North Dakota — founded 1871, today 125,990 peoplecity▸
252. 1 January 1871Longmont, Colorado — founded 1871, today 98,885 peoplecity▸
253. 1 January 1871Sandy, Utah — founded 1871, today 96,904 peoplecity▸
254. 1 January 1871Longview, Texas — founded 1871, today 81,638 peoplecity▸
255. 1 January 1871North Little Rock, Arkansas — founded 1871, today 64,591 peoplecity▸
256. 1 January 1871Woodland, California — founded 1871, today 61,032 peoplecity▸
257. 1 January 1872Killeen, Texas — founded 1872, today 153,095 peoplecity▸
258. 1 January 1872Fishers, Indiana — founded 1872, today 98,977 peoplecity▸
259. 1 January 1872Bryan, Texas — founded 1872, today 83,980 peoplecity▸
260. 1 January 1872Bismarck, North Dakota — founded 1872, today 73,622 peoplecity▸
261. 1 January 1872Marysville, Washington — founded 1872, today 70,714 peoplecity▸
262. 1 January 1872Tulare, California — founded 1872, today 68,875 peoplecity▸
263. 1 January 1872Conway, Arkansas — founded 1872, today 64,134 peoplecity▸
264. 1 January 1873Plano, Texas — founded 1873, today 285,494 peoplecity▸
265. 1 January 1874Garden Grove, California — founded 1874, today 171,949 peoplecity▸
266. 1 January 1874Santa Maria, California — founded 1874, today 109,707 peoplecity▸
267. 1 January 1874Carmel, Indiana — founded 1874, today 99,757 peoplecity▸
268. 1 January 1875Orlando, Florida — founded 1875, today 334,854 peoplecity▸
269. 1 January 1875Tacoma, Washington — founded 1875, today 219,346 peoplecity▸
270. 1 January 1875Lakeland, Florida — founded 1875, today 112,641 peoplecity▸
271. 1 January 1875Renton, Washington — founded 1875, today 106,785 peoplecity▸
272. 1 January 1876Arlington, Texas — founded 1876, today 394,266 peoplecity▸
273. 1 January 1876St. Petersburg, Florida — founded 1876, today 258,308 peoplecity▸
274. 1 January 1876Flagstaff, Arizona — founded 1876, today 76,831 peoplecity▸
275. 1 January 1876Rapid City, South Dakota — founded 1876, today 74,703 peoplecity▸
276. 1 January 1877Billings, Montana — founded 1877, today 117,116 peoplecity▸
277. 1 January 1877Orem, Utah — founded 1877, today 98,129 peoplecity▸
278. 1 January 1877Loveland, Colorado — founded 1877, today 76,378 peoplecity▸
279. 1 January 1877Blaine, Minnesota — founded 1877, today 70,222 peoplecity▸
280. 1 January 1877Santee, California — founded 1877, today 60,037 peoplecity▸
281. 1 January 1878Mesa, Arizona — founded 1878, today 504,258 peoplecity▸
282. 1 January 1878Mesquite, Texas — founded 1878, today 150,108 peoplecity▸
283. 1 January 1879Tempe, Arizona — founded 1879, today 180,587 peoplecity▸
284. 1 January 1880Pompano Beach, Florida — founded 1880, today 112,046 peoplecity▸
285. 1 January 1880Baldwin Park, California — founded 1880, today 72,176 peoplecity▸
286. 1 January 1881Midland, Texas — founded 1881, today 132,524 peoplecity▸
287. 1 January 1881Abilene, Texas — founded 1881, today 125,182 peoplecity▸
288. 1 January 1881Odessa, Texas — founded 1881, today 114,428 peoplecity▸
289. 1 January 1881Temple, Texas — founded 1881, today 82,073 peoplecity▸
290. 1 January 1881Kissimmee, Florida — founded 1881, today 79,226 peoplecity▸
291. 1 January 1881Rogers, Arkansas — founded 1881, today 69,908 peoplecity▸
292. 1 January 1882Grand Junction, Colorado — founded 1882, today 65,560 peoplecity▸
293. 1 January 1883Great Falls, Montana — founded 1883, today 60,442 peoplecity▸
294. 1 January 1884West Palm Beach, Florida — founded 1884, today 117,415 peoplecity▸
295. 1 January 1884Hammond, Indiana — founded 1884, today 77,879 peoplecity▸
296. 1 January 1884Delray Beach, Florida — founded 1884, today 66,846 peoplecity▸
297. 1 January 1885Pueblo, Colorado — founded 1885, today 111,876 peoplecity▸
298. 1 January 1885Dothan, Alabama — founded 1885, today 71,072 peoplecity▸
299. 1 January 1886Palmdale, California — founded 1886, today 169,450 peoplecity▸
300. 1 January 1886Nampa, Idaho — founded 1886, today 100,200 peoplecity▸
301. 1 January 1886Fort Myers, Florida — founded 1886, today 86,395 peoplecity▸
302. 1 January 1887Glendale, Arizona — founded 1887, today 248,325 peoplecity▸
303. 1 January 1887Amarillo, Texas — founded 1887, today 200,393 peoplecity▸
304. 1 January 1887Redding, California — founded 1887, today 93,611 peoplecity▸
305. 1 January 1887Cedar Park, Texas — founded 1887, today 77,595 peoplecity▸
306. 1 January 1887Gulfport, Mississippi — founded 1887, today 72,926 peoplecity▸
307. 1 January 1888Oceanside, California — founded 1888, today 174,068 peoplecity▸
308. 1 January 1888Pomona, California — founded 1888, today 151,713 peoplecity▸
309. 1 January 1888Escondido, California — founded 1888, today 151,038 peoplecity▸
310. 1 January 1888Inglewood, California — founded 1888, today 107,762 peoplecity▸
311. 1 January 1888Yuma, Arizona — founded 1888, today 95,548 peoplecity▸
312. 1 January 1888Kirkland, Washington — founded 1888, today 92,175 peoplecity▸
313. 1 January 1888Buckeye, Arizona — founded 1888, today 91,502 peoplecity▸
314. 1 January 1888Redlands, California — founded 1888, today 73,168 peoplecity▸
315. 1 January 1889Oklahoma City — founded 1889, today 681,054 peoplecity▸
316. 1 January 1889Lakewood, Colorado — founded 1889, today 155,984 peoplecity▸
317. 1 January 1889Norman, Oklahoma — founded 1889, today 128,026 peoplecity▸
318. 1 January 1889Edmond, Oklahoma — founded 1889, today 94,428 peoplecity▸
319. 1 January 1889Merced, California — founded 1889, today 86,333 peoplecity▸
320. 1 January 1889Moore, Oklahoma — founded 1889, today 62,793 peoplecity▸
321. 1 January 1890Lubbock, Texas — founded 1890, today 257,141 peoplecity▸
322. 1 January 1890Kent, Washington — founded 1890, today 136,588 peoplecity▸
323. 1 January 1890North Miami, Florida — founded 1890, today 60,191 peoplecity▸
324. 1 January 1891Aurora, Colorado — founded 1891, today 386,261 peoplecity▸
325. 1 January 1891Garland, Texas — founded 1891, today 246,018 peoplecity▸
326. 1 January 1891Clearwater, Florida — founded 1891, today 117,292 peoplecity▸
327. 1 January 1891Auburn, Washington — founded 1891, today 87,256 peoplecity▸
328. 1 January 1891Pasco, Washington — founded 1891, today 77,108 peoplecity▸
329. 1 January 1892Mount Vernon, New York — founded 1892, today 73,893 peoplecity▸
330. 1 January 1893Pasadena, Texas — founded 1893, today 151,950 peoplecity▸
331. 1 January 1893Meridian, Idaho — founded 1893, today 117,635 peoplecity▸
332. 1 January 1893West Des Moines, Iowa — founded 1893, today 68,723 peoplecity▸
333. 1 January 1894Scottsdale, Arizona — founded 1894, today 241,361 peoplecity▸
334. 1 January 1894Pearland, Texas — founded 1894, today 125,828 peoplecity▸
335. 1 January 1894Palo Alto, California — founded 1894, today 68,572 peoplecity▸
336. 1 January 1895Victorville, California — founded 1895, today 134,810 peoplecity▸
337. 1 January 1895Boynton Beach, Florida — founded 1895, today 80,380 peoplecity▸
338. 1 January 1898Camarillo, California — founded 1898, today 70,741 peoplecity▸
339. 1 January 1901Lawton, Oklahoma — founded 1901, today 90,381 peoplecity▸
340. 1 January 1902Broken Arrow, Oklahoma — founded 1902, today 113,540 peoplecity▸
341. 1 January 1903Irving, Texas — founded 1903, today 256,684 peoplecity▸
342. 1 January 1904Frisco, Texas — founded 1904, today 200,509 peoplecity▸
343. 1 January 1904McAllen, Texas — founded 1904, today 142,210 peoplecity▸
344. 1 January 1904Sparks, Nevada — founded 1904, today 108,445 peoplecity▸
345. 1 January 1904Conroe, Texas — founded 1904, today 89,956 peoplecity▸
346. 1 January 1904Kennewick, Washington — founded 1904, today 83,921 peoplecity▸
347. 1 January 1904Harlingen, Texas — founded 1904, today 71,829 peoplecity▸
348. 1 January 1905Las Vegas — founded 1905, today 641,903 peoplecity▸
349. 1 January 1905Richland, Washington — founded 1905, today 60,560 peoplecity▸
350. 1 January 1906Gary, Indiana — founded 1906, today 69,093 peoplecity▸
351. 1 January 1907Bossier City, Louisiana — founded 1907, today 62,701 peoplecity▸
352. 1 January 1908Sugar Land, Texas — founded 1908, today 111,026 peoplecity▸
353. 1 January 1908Edinburg, Texas — founded 1908, today 100,243 peoplecity▸
354. 1 January 1910Chino, California — founded 1910, today 91,403 peoplecity▸
355. 1 January 1910Mission, Texas — founded 1910, today 85,778 peoplecity▸
356. 1 January 1911Fort Lauderdale, Florida — founded 1911, today 182,760 peoplecity▸
357. 1 January 1911Rialto, California — founded 1911, today 104,026 peoplecity▸
358. 1 January 1912Chandler, Arizona — founded 1912, today 275,987 peoplecity▸
359. 1 January 1913Fontana, California — founded 1913, today 208,393 peoplecity▸
360. 1 January 1913Carrollton, Texas — founded 1913, today 133,434 peoplecity▸
361. 1 January 1913Homestead, Florida — founded 1913, today 80,737 peoplecity▸
362. 1 January 1914Anchorage, Alaska — founded 1914, today 291,247 peoplecity▸
363. 1 January 1915Miami Beach, Florida — founded 1915, today 82,890 peoplecity▸
364. 1 January 1916Pharr, Texas — founded 1916, today 79,715 peoplecity▸
365. 1 January 1919North Las Vegas, Nevada — founded 1919, today 262,527 peoplecity▸
366. 1 January 1921Hollywood, Florida — founded 1921, today 153,067 peoplecity▸
367. 1 January 1922Hawthorne, California — founded 1922, today 88,083 peoplecity▸
368. 1 January 1925Boca Raton, Florida — founded 1925, today 97,422 peoplecity▸
369. 1 January 1929Federal Way, Washington — founded 1929, today 101,030 peoplecity▸
370. 1 January 1937Surprise, Arizona — founded 1937, today 143,148 peoplecity▸
371. 1 January 1941Henderson, Nevada — founded 1941, today 317,610 peoplecity▸
372. 1 January 1942Warner Robins, Georgia — founded 1942, today 80,308 peoplecity▸
373. 1 January 1946Goodyear, Arizona — founded 1946, today 95,294 peoplecity▸
374. 1 January 1950Livonia, Michigan — founded 1950, today 95,535 peoplecity▸
375. 1 January 1952Rowlett, Texas — founded 1952, today 62,535 peoplecity▸
376. 1 January 1952Commerce City, Colorado — founded 1952, today 62,418 peoplecity▸
377. 1 January 1953Allen, Texas — founded 1953, today 104,627 peoplecity▸
378. 1 January 1953Plantation, Florida — founded 1953, today 91,750 peoplecity▸
379. 1 January 1954Lakewood, California — founded 1954, today 82,496 peoplecity▸
380. 1 January 1956Pembroke Pines, Florida — founded 1956, today 171,178 peoplecity▸
381. 1 January 1956Thornton, Colorado — founded 1956, today 141,867 peoplecity▸
382. 1 January 1957Cape Coral, Florida — founded 1957, today 194,016 peoplecity▸
383. 1 January 1957Norwalk, California — founded 1957, today 102,773 peoplecity▸
384. 1 January 1957Bellflower, California — founded 1957, today 79,190 peoplecity▸
385. 1 January 1958Pico Rivera, California — founded 1958, today 62,088 peoplecity▸
386. 1 January 1959Wyoming, Michigan — founded 1959, today 76,501 peoplecity▸
387. 1 January 1959North Port, Florida — founded 1959, today 74,793 peoplecity▸
388. 1 January 1959Lauderhill, Florida — founded 1959, today 74,482 peoplecity▸
389. 1 January 1960Overland Park, Kansas — founded 1960, today 197,238 peoplecity▸
390. 1 January 1960Palm Bay, Florida — founded 1960, today 119,760 peoplecity▸
391. 1 January 1961Port St. Lucie, Florida — founded 1961, today 204,851 peoplecity▸
392. 1 January 1961League City, Texas — founded 1961, today 114,392 peoplecity▸
393. 1 January 1961Rio Rancho, New Mexico — founded 1961, today 104,046 peoplecity▸
394. 1 January 1962Deltona, Florida — founded 1962, today 93,692 peoplecity▸
395. 1 January 1963Coral Springs, Florida — founded 1963, today 134,394 peoplecity▸
396. 1 January 1963San Marcos, California — founded 1963, today 94,833 peoplecity▸
397. 1 January 1963Tamarac, Florida — founded 1963, today 71,897 peoplecity▸
398. 1 January 1964Thousand Oaks, California — founded 1964, today 126,966 peoplecity▸
399. 1 January 1966Westland, Michigan — founded 1966, today 85,420 peoplecity▸
400. 1 January 1967Woodbury, Minnesota — founded 1967, today 75,102 peoplecity▸
401. 1 January 1967Yorba Linda, California — founded 1967, today 68,336 peoplecity▸
402. 1 January 1968Sterling Heights, Michigan — founded 1968, today 134,346 peoplecity▸
403. 1 January 1969Simi Valley, California — founded 1969, today 126,356 peoplecity▸
404. 1 January 1969Palm Coast, Florida — founded 1969, today 89,258 peoplecity▸
405. 1 January 1972North Charleston, South Carolina — founded 1972, today 114,852 peoplecity▸
406. 1 January 1972Wellington, Florida — founded 1972, today 61,637 peoplecity▸
407. 1 January 1977Lancaster, California — founded 1977, today 173,516 peoplecity▸
408. 1 January 1980West Valley City, Utah — founded 1980, today 140,230 peoplecity▸
409. 1 January 1986Encinitas, California — founded 1986, today 62,007 peoplecity▸
410. 1 January 1988Hesperia, California — founded 1988, today 99,818 peoplecity▸
411. 1 January 1989Temecula, California — founded 1989, today 110,003 peoplecity▸

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