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Saint Augustine, Florida

Saint Augustine located in Saint Johns County in the State of Florida on the Atlantic Coast. It's the oldest continuously inhabited European established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States. Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish Admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first Governor. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years.

The Treaty of Paris in 1763, ending the French and Indian War, and gave Florida and Saint Augustine to the British. Saint Augustine came under British rule for the first time and served as a Loyalist colony during the American Revolutionary War. It was designated as the capital of British East Florida when the colony was established in 1763. A second Treaty of Paris 1783, Great Britain returned Florida to Spain, a reward for Spanish assistance to the Americans in their war against England.

Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1821, and Saint Augustine was designated the capital of the Florida Territory. The Florida National Guard made the city its headquarters that same year. The territorial government moved and made Tallahassee the capital of Florida in 1824. Florida was accepted into the union as a state in 1845.