This Is the Oldest Town in Every U.S. State

ILLINOIS: PEORIA, EST. 1680

French settlers Robert Cavalier Sieur de LaSalle and Henri de Tonti built Fort Crevecoeur on the bank the Illinois River in 1680, according to the Peoria Historical Society. Soon, a village grew around it.

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