Guides

Questions about American towns, answered from the towns' own records.

• The Oldest Towns in Each State, by Year of Incorporation: The earliest-incorporated towns in 32 states, each year quoted from the town's own history, with links to every town's page and source.
• Towns Celebrating a Round Anniversary in 2027: 53 American towns reaching their 100th, 150th, 200th or 250th anniversary in 2027, each with the sentence from the town's history that gives the year.
• U.S. Towns That Share a Name, Compared: 606 town names found in four or more states, each with a side-by-side table of every town that carries it.
• Town Records by State: For 26 states: the highest, lowest, densest, fastest-growing and largest towns, ranked from census and elevation records.