Oldest City in Each State

You're given the city/town. Name the state in which it is found.

The dates are disputed in some cases, sometimes due to European vs Indigenous settlement.

Continuously occupied settlements.

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Year	Town	State
1565	St. Augustine	Florida
1610	Santa Fe	New Mexico
1610	Hampton	Virginia
1614	Albany	New York
1617	Jersey City	New Jersey
1620	Plymouth	Massachusetts
1623	Dover	New Hampshire
1630	Berwick	Maine
1631	Lewes	Delaware
1633	Windsor	Connecticut
1634	Green Bay	Wisconsin
1634	St. Mary's City	Maryland
1636	Providence	Rhode Island
1644	Chester	Pennsylvania
1668	Sault Ste. Marie	Michigan
1670	Charleston	South Carolina
1680	Ysleta	Texas
1680	Peoria	Illinois
1699	Biloxi	Mississippi
1702	Mobile	Alabama
1705	Bath	North Carolina
1714	Natchitoches	Louisiana
1724	Brattleboro	Vermont
1732	Vincennes	Indiana
1733	Savannah	Georgia

Year	Town	State
1735	Ste. Genevieve	Missouri
1762	Shepherdstown	West Virginia
1769	Santa Cruz	California
1774	Unalaska	Alaska
1774	Harrodsburg	Kentucky
1775	Tucson	Arizona
1779	Jonesborough	Tennessee
1779	Martins Ferry	Ohio
1785	Dubuque	Iowa
1794	Hilo	Hawaii
1797	Pembina	North Dakota
1811	Astoria	Oregon
1817	Fort Smith	Arkansas
1825	Vancouver	Washington
1826	Wabasha	Minnesota
1835	Bellevue	Nebraska
1847	Salt Lake City	Utah
1847	Fort Benton	Montana
1850	Genoa	Nevada
1851	San Luis	Colorado
1854	Leavenworth	Kansas
1856	Sioux Falls	South Dakota
1860	Franklin	Idaho
1867	Cheyenne	Wyoming
1871	Vinita	Oklahoma

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