Categories: Curiosities

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

OREGON: ASTORIA, EST. 1811

Astoria is the oldest American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains, due to its founding in 1811 by John Jacob Astor, the nation’s first millionaire. Sixty five years later, in 1876, the town was officially incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly.

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