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Ranking of Oldest SEC Cities
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:02 pm
Spin off from another thread involving similar SEC cities.
1. Baton Rouge, LA - 1719
2. Lexington, KY - 1775
3. Nashville, TN - 1779
4. Athens, GA - 1785
5. Columbia, SC - 1786
6. Knoxville, TN - 1791
7. Columbia, MO - 1808
8. Tuscaloosa, AL - 1819
9. Fayetteville, AR - 1828
10. Oxford, MS - 1832
11. Starkville, MS - 1835
12. Auburn, AL - 1839
13. Gainesville, FL - 1854
14. College Station, TX - 1860
And before you get all up in arms, no I did not include the Native American settlements that were destroyed/ relocated prior to white inhabitants (looking at you Tuscaloosa).
Enjoy!
Also if I completely missed a date then let me know!
1. Baton Rouge, LA - 1719
2. Lexington, KY - 1775
3. Nashville, TN - 1779
4. Athens, GA - 1785
5. Columbia, SC - 1786
6. Knoxville, TN - 1791
7. Columbia, MO - 1808
8. Tuscaloosa, AL - 1819
9. Fayetteville, AR - 1828
10. Oxford, MS - 1832
11. Starkville, MS - 1835
12. Auburn, AL - 1839
13. Gainesville, FL - 1854
14. College Station, TX - 1860
And before you get all up in arms, no I did not include the Native American settlements that were destroyed/ relocated prior to white inhabitants (looking at you Tuscaloosa).
Enjoy!
Also if I completely missed a date then let me know!
This post was edited on 7/31/13 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:04 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
Holy shite.
I've remodeled buildings here that are older than any other city in the SEC.
I've remodeled buildings here that are older than any other city in the SEC.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:05 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
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And before you get all up in arms, no I did not include the Native American settlements that were destroyed/ relocated prior to white inhabitants (looking at you Tuscaloosa)
Doesn't matter shirts already printing
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:07 pm to Patton
UGA existed before every single state in the SEC existed (other than South Carolina).
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:07 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
Tuscaloosa was first settled in 1812, they were just incorporated as a city upon Alabama's admission to the Union. Only Huntsville and Mobile are older in terms of major cities
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:07 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
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And before you get all up in arms, no I did not include the Native American settlements that were destroyed/ relocated prior to white inhabitants
Who gives a shite?
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:10 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
Baton Rouge wasn't incorporated until 1817.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:17 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
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11. Starkville, MS - 1835
I'm pretty sure that was when the name was changed to Starkville. Was called Boardtown before then.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:20 pm to Cdawg
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I'm pretty sure that was when the name was changed to Starkville. Was called Boredtown before then.
Fixed
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:21 pm to Russvegas Dan
Did NOT see that coming.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:24 pm to Cdawg
A quick search reveals that Boardtown was formed in 1830 after the land was seized from the Choctaw Indians.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:24 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
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1. Baton Rouge, LA - 1719
That's really cool IMO.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:25 pm to Russvegas Dan
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM BITCHES
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:28 pm to Evolved Simian
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Evolved Simian
Ranking of Oldest SEC Cities
Baton Rouge wasn't incorporated until 1817.
The European-American history of Baton Rouge dates from 1699, when French explorer Sieur d'Iberville leading an exploration party up the Mississippi River saw a reddish cypress pole festooned with bloody animals that marked the boundary between the Houma and Bayou Goula tribal hunting grounds. They called the pole and its location le bâton rouge, or the red stick. The local Native American name for the site was Istrouma. (See Creek War for discussion of Red Sticks as related to Creek group.)
From evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers, and in three Native American mounds remaining in the city, archaeologists have been able to date indigenous habitation of the Baton Rouge area to 8000 BC.[4] The mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, perhaps as early as 4500 BC, more than a thousand years before the pyramids of Egypt were begun.[5]
The settlement of Baton Rouge by Europeans began in 1719 when Baton Rouge was established as a military post by the French. During the French colonial period, most settlement and agricultural development was concentrated in the area of New Orleans, which became a port for the colony.
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Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:31 pm to MetryTyger
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reddish cypress pole festooned with bloody animals
That explains a lot about my upbringing in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:33 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
so why do you have some as date of incorporation and some as settlements?
This post was edited on 7/31/13 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:33 pm to DisplacedKentuckian
Tuscaloosa goes back to the Native Americans idiot
Posted on 7/31/13 at 4:33 pm to Bama Bird
Pop quiz, what is the oldest City in Mississippi?
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