What are the Top 10 oldest capitals in the United States
Here is a list of the 10 oldest capitals in the United States.
Capital | State | Est. As Capital | Founder | |
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1. | Santa Fe | New Mexico | 1610 | Pedro de Peralta |
2. | Boston | Massachusetts | 1630 | Puritans/Massachusetts Bay Company |
3. | Annapolis | Maryland | 1694 | Sir Francis Nicholson |
4. | Dover | Delaware | 1777 | Delaware General Assembly |
5. | Richmond | Virginia | 1780 | William Bryd II |
6. | Columbia | South Carolina | 1786 | South Carolina General Assembly |
7. | Trenton | New Jersey | 1790 | The Quakers led by Mahlon Stacy |
8. | Frankfort | Kentucky | 1792 | General James Wilkinson |
9. | Raleigh | North Carolina | 1792 | North Carolina General Assembly |
10. | Albany | New York | 1797 | Henry Hudson |