100 Towns Founded Before the American Revolution

Portsmouth was a sanctuary for those fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts.

Located on Delaware Bay, Lewes was first settled by the Dutch.

Windsor was Connecticut’s first English settlement.

One of Connecticut’s oldest towns settled by the English, Wethersfield was another town where witch trials were held in the 17th century.

One of the places where the Revolutionary War began, Concord was settled by English colonists.

Puritans led by Rev. Thomas Hooker created a settlement on the Connecticut River.

Roger Williams, banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for radical views, bought land from Native Americans and founded Providence.

Scituate was settled by people from the county of Kent in England. The name “Scituate” is derived from the Native American word Satuit, meaning “cold brook.”

Founded by Puritans, New Haven was one of America’s first planned towns.

Exeter founder Reverend John Wheelwright was an exile from Puritan Massachusetts. He bought land for the settlement from Native Americans.