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To be technical the bithplace of the Carolinas was the first attempt at an English colony in the new world in Manteo on the Outer Banks of NC around 1545. After the first colony failed due to Indians or natural disaster(no one really knows) hence the lost colony. After the second attempt was wiped out due to shallow water, and or natural disaster the colonist moved inland to establish the town of Bath one the oldest towns on the East coast. However by then Jamestown and Charleston were up and running and have superior harbors that sustained growth. Many people do not realize this because of the lack of growth in coastal NC but it is a very old a historic region that is not as large in population than VA or SC.
Detroit was founded in 1701, and is the oldest major city outside of the original 13 colonys.
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Bowling Green, Kentucky was founded in 1798 to be the seat of the newly formed Warren County. The county was named in honor of Joseph Warren, a Revolutionary War general killed at Bunker Hill. The city was named in honor of Bowling Green Square in lower Manhattan, where patriots dismantled a statue of English King George III.

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The first settlers to the area were Indians who lived in the area from about 1,000-1,400 AD. The first white people to enter the area were french fur traders who established a trading post in 1717. Nashville as a community was founded as Fort Nashborough on Christmas Day, 1779 (coming up on 226 years old). Incorporated as a North Carolina town in 1784 and chartered as a city in 1806. Tennessee's capital since 1843.

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