Colonial Settlements

The earliest European settlements in North America and the communities that grew from them.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded 1607 on the Virginia tidewater

Plymouth Colony

The Pilgrim settlement of 1620 — first successful English colony in New England

Roanoke Colony

The "Lost Colony" that vanished from the Outer Banks before relief ships returned

St. Augustine

The Spanish presidio in Florida — oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States