Old town In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...

is the historic core of various cities. Old Town may also refer to:

Places

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old town of Visoki The Old town of Visoki ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Stari grad Visoki, Стари град Високи, ) was a medieval royal castle town built during the 14th century on the top of the hill overlooking town of Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ment ...

Bulgaria

Old Town (Plovdiv) The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of Plovdiv's hills: Nebet Tepe, Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times ...

Canada

* Old Town, British Columbia *

Old Town Lunenburg Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia. The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today L ...

, Nova Scotia *

Old Town, Toronto Old Town is a neighbourhood and retail district in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the first of Toronto's named neighbourhoods, having acquired the moniker no later than 1815, at which time the original town of York was expanding. The ...

China

Old Town of Lijiang Dayan (), commonly called the Old Town of Lijiang () is the historical center of Lijiang City, in Yunnan, China. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The town has a history going back more than 1,000 years and was once a confluence for ...

* Old Town of Shanghai

Czech Republic

Old Town (Prague) The Old Town of Prague ( cs, Staré Město pražské, german: Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ...

Germany

* Old town Osnabrück * Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof

Ireland

* Old Town, County Roscommon *

Oldtown, Dublin Oldtown () is a population centre and townland in the civil parish of Clonmethan in Fingal, Ireland.Placenames Database ...

Oldtown, Letterkenny Oldtown ( ga, An Seanbhaile) is a district of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, in the parish of Conwal and Leck to the south of the River Swilly. As its name suggests, it is the oldest part of Letterkenny—being older than Letterkenny itsel ...

Jerusalem

Old City (Jerusalem) The Old City of Jerusalem ( he, הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, translit=ha-ir ha-atiqah; ar, البلدة القديمة, translit=al-Balda al-Qadimah; ) is a walled area in East Jerusalem. The Old City is traditionally divided into ...

Kenya

Mombasa Old Town Old Town is an area of Mombasa, Kenya. Situated on the south-east side of Mombasa Island, the Old Town covers an area of , and is inhabited by a mix of Swahili, Arab, Asian, Portuguese and British settlers. In 1997, the Old Town and Fort Jesu ...

, Kenya

Libya

Old Town of Ghadamès The Old town of Ghadames ( ar, مدينة غدامس القديمة) is the old city of the modern city of Ghadames, Libya and one of Libya's major desert cities. Called the "''Jewel of the Desert''" the site is registered as a UNESCO World Herit ...

, Libya

Lithuania

Kaunas Old Town The Centras eldership ( lt, Centro seniūnija) is an eldership in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, based on two neighbourhoods of Kaunas - the Old City and the New City. It lies at the confluence of two major Lithuanian rivers, the Nemunas and the ...

Vilnius Old Town The Old Town of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus senamiestis, pl, Stare Miasto w Wilnie, be, Стары горад у Вільнюсе, russian: Старый город в Вильнюсe), one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in both Norther ...

Malaysia

* Old Town, Petaling Jaya

Norway

Old Town, Oslo The Old Town of Oslo ( no, Gamlebyen, ) is a neighbourhood in the inner city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo and is the oldest urban area within the current capital. This part of the capital of Norway was simply called ...

Poland

Old Town (Gdańsk) Old town is the historic core of various cities. Old Town may also refer to: Places Bosnia and Herzegovina * Old town of Visoki Bulgaria * Old Town (Plovdiv) Canada * Old Town, British Columbia * Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia * Old Town, T ...

Kraków Old Town Kraków Old Town is the historic central district of Kraków, Poland.Ingrid GustafsonLet's Go: Eastern EuropePublished by Macmillan, page 444. Let's Go Publications, 2008. It is one of the most famous old districts in Poland today and was the c ...

Police Old Town Police Old Town is the old town (oldest historic district) of the town of Police, Poland in the Pomerania Region. Monuments There are a few interesting monuments in Police, e.g. * Brick Gothic Chapel (15th century) in The Chrobry Square in ...

Warsaw Old Town Warsaw Old Town ( pl, Stare Miasto, italic=yes and colloquially as ''Starówka'') is the oldest part of Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It is bounded by the ''Wybrzeże Gdańskie'' (Gdańsk Boulevards), along with the bank of the Vistula river, ...

Wrocław Old Town The Old Town in Wrocław ( pl, Stare Miasto we Wrocławiu) is the oldest part of the left-bank Wrocław, originating from the thirteenth century. It is surrounded by the City Moat, a remnant of the complex system of fortifications, largely based ...

Serbia

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Slovakia

Old Town, Bratislava The Old Town of Bratislava ( sk, Staré Mesto, hu, Óváros, german: Altstadt) is the historic center and one of the boroughs of Bratislava, in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It is coextensive with the smallest Slovak administrative distric ...

Sri Lanka

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...

Sweden

Old Town of Stockholm Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla s ...

Switzerland

Old Town of Bern The Old City (german: Altstadt) is the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. Built on a narrow hill bordered on three sides by the river Aare, its compact layout has remained essentially unchanged since its construction during the twelfth ...

Ukraine

Old Town (Lviv) Lviv's Old Town ( uk, Старе Місто Львова, translit=Stare Misto L’vova; pl, Stare Miasto we Lwowie) is the historic centre of the city of Lviv, within the Lviv Oblast (province) in Ukraine, recognized as a State Historic-Architec ...

United Kingdom

Old Town, Barnsley Old Town is an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is also the name of a ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients ...

, England * Old Town, Chard, England * Old Town, Croydon, England *

Old Town, Edinburgh The Old Town ( sco, Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. Together with the 18th/19th-cent ...

, Scotland *

Old Town, Isles of Scilly Old Town ( kw, Treveglos "church town") is a village on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly located southeast of Hugh Town. It is thought to be the oldest settlement on the island. It is a popular tourist area and is only a short distance from the ...

, England * Old Town, Mansergh, a hamlet in Mansergh, Cumbria, England *

Old Town, Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevena ...

, England *

Old Town, West Yorkshire Old Town is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on a hilltop above Hebden Bridge and across the Hebden valley from Heptonstall. The village falls within the Calderdale Ward of Luddendenfoot. Both Old Town and nearby ...

, England

United States

Old Town (Franklin, Tennessee) Old Town is an archaeological site in Williamson County, Tennessee near Franklin. The site includes the remnants of a Native American village and mound complex of the Mississippian culture, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Pl ...

Old Town (Key West) The Key West Historic District (also known as Old Town of the City of Key West) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 11, 1971) located in Key West, Florida. It encompasses approximately 4000 acres (16 km²), bounded by W ...

, Florida *

Old Town (Lansing, Michigan) Located in the northern end of Lansing, Michigan, Old Town overlooks the Grand River and a winding bike trail. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the North Lansing Historic Commercial District, the district was established in ...

Old Town (Mississippi) Old Town was a Chickasaw village in northeast Mississippi in present-day Lee County. Old Town was located at . See also * Town Creek *Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736 consisted of two pitched battles by the French an ...

Old Town, Baltimore Old Town is an area of East Baltimore, Maryland, mostly in zip code 21202, bounded roughly by the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) on the west, Orleans Street to the south, Caroline Street to the east and Monument Street to the north. One of the area ...

, Maryland, USA * Old Town, California (disambiguation), several places, including: **

Old Town, Kern County, California Old Town (formerly, Williamsburg) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39. ...

** Old Town, Marin County, California ** Old Town (Simonian Farms) *

Old Town, Calhoun County, Mississippi Old Town (originally Hartford) is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. Old Town was located along the Skuna River, and was the first county seat of Calhoun County. History Chocchuma and Chickasaw Indians first occupied t ...

Old Town, Chicago Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chic ...

, Illinois, USA *

Old Town, Florida Old Town is an unincorporated community in Dixie County, Florida, United States, located at US 19– ALT 27- 98 and State Road 349. The ZIP Code for Old Town is 32680. Geography Old Town is located at (29.6011, -82.9819), about 40 miles sou ...

, USA * Old Town, Indiana *

Old Town, Maine Old Town is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census. The city's developed area is chiefly located on the relatively large Marsh Island, though its boundaries extend beyond that. The island i ...

, USA * Old Town, North Carolina (disambiguation), several places, including: ** Old Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina ** Old Town, Forsyth County, North Carolina *

Old Town, San Diego Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and Bankers Hill on the south. It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...

, California, USA *

Old Town, Staten Island Old Town is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island, located on its East Shore. Old Town was established in August 1661 as part of New Netherland, and was the first permanent European settlement on Staten Island. Originally de ...

, New York, USA *

Old Town Albuquerque Old Town is the historic original town site of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, established in 1706 by New Mexico governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés. It is listed on the New Mexico State Register ...

, New Mexico, USA *

Old Town Center Historic District The Old Town Center Historic District is a historic district roughly along Locust Public Rd. and Salt Pond Road in Eastham, Massachusetts. The district encompasses Eastham's original town center, with a cluster of well-preserved 18th- and 19th ...

, Eastham, Massachusetts, USA *

Old Town Chinatown Old Town Chinatown is the official Chinatown of the Northwest section of Portland, Oregon. The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District and the Kerns and Buckman neighborhoods. It includes the Portland Sk ...

, Portland, Oregon, USA *

Old Town Eureka Old Town Eureka (formally the Eureka Old Town Historic District) in Eureka, California, is a historic district listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. I t is an area containing 154 buildings mostly from the Victorian e ...

, California, USA * Old Town Fairfax, Virginia, USA *

Old Town Pasadena Old Pasadena, often referred to as Old Town Pasadena or just Old Town, is the original commercial center of Pasadena, a city in California, United States, and had a latter-day revitalization after a period of decay. Old Pasadena began as the ce ...

, California, USA *

Oldtown, Idaho Oldtown is a city in Bonner County, Idaho and suburb of Newport, Washington, with a population of 184 at the 2010 census. It is located on the Pend Oreille River, just east of Newport. There are no natural or physical barriers, and it is stric ...

Oldtown, Kentucky Oldtown is an unincorporated community in Greenup County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upp ...

Old Town, Wichita Downtown Wichita is the central business district of Wichita, Kansas, United States. The political and financial hub of the city, it is home to several of the area's major landmarks and event venues including the Epic Center, Century II Performi ...

, Kansas * Old Town (house)

Music

* "Old Town" (song), 1982 song by Phil Lynott *

Old Town Records Old Town Records was a record label set up by Hy Weiss in New York City. It operated between 1953 and 1966, and was responsible for several R&B and doo-wop hit records. Weiss, who was born in Romania, lived in the Bronx from the 1920s, and began ...

, American record label which existed 1953–1966

Transit

Old Town station (A-train) Old Town station is an A-train commuter rail station in Lewisville, Texas Lewisville ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, predominantly within Denton County with a small part lying within Dallas County. As a suburban community within the D ...

, Lewisville, Texas, United States *

Old Town station (Staten Island Railway) The Old Town station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Old Town, Staten Island, New York. History The station opened toward the beginning of 1937, likely during a grade crossing elimination project. The original name of ...

, New York, United States *

Old Town Transit Center Old Town Transit Center, also known as San Diego–Old Town station or Old Town San Diego station, is an intermodal transportation station located in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is served by Amtrak's ''Pacific Surfliner ...

, San Diego, California, United States * Old Town/Chinatown MAX Station, Portland, Oregon, United States *

King Street–Old Town station King Street–Old Town (also known by its former name, King Street) is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The station opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authori ...

, Alexandria, Virginia, United States *

Oldtown railway station Oldtown railway station served the district of Oldtown, Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway opened their Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Let ...

, Letterkenny, Ireland

Other uses

* Old Town (''A Song of Ice and Fire''), a city in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series *

Old Town (amusement park) Old Town is an open-air walking district and entertainment complex, located in Kissimmee, Florida Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. ...

, in Kissimmee, Florida, USA * The Old Town, an open-air museum in Aarhus, Denmark