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Oldest cache of assorted types as far as I know. Types were invented after the caches had existed for a while, and cache owners were able to change types, so determining first for each type is a confused exercise.
Originally, all caches were listed as Geocache.
May 7, 2001, Jeremy added cache types. See this forum thread, Cache Types (visit link)
Created at that time:
Traditional, Multi-cache, Letterbox hybrid, Virtual, Unknown, Event

Also in May 01, A.P.E. caches, then Webcams (Jan or Feb 02), Locationless (4/02), CITO events (4/03), Earthcaches (1/04), MEGA event (5/06), GPS Maze (6/07), Wherigo (1/08), 10 Year Events (5/10), and special HQ cache and HQ event icons.
Good info in this Oct 04 forum thread (visit link)

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		GC Code	Cache Name
		GC389	Austin Geocachers Happy Hour (3/24/2001)
			this and some in GA, for the early meetings of the GA Geo Assocication are the earliest - the event type was applied to these caches retroactively
		GCE2F1	Earth Day Cleanup at Raccoon Creek Park (4/26/2003)
			CITO dates from April, 2003, See Pinned topic on it here, (visit link) A number of Earthday Clean up events were published for April 26, Earthday that year. After the publication of these events, Jeremy invented the new CITO type, and applied to it to those already published April Clean up events. (visit link) The whole group of Clean up caches from April 2003 were first - I'm not going to bookmark them all.
		GCHFT2	Earthcache I - a simple geology tour of Wasp Head 01/10/2004
			the oldest Earthcache, Earthcache I GCHFT2, it was the first published. some older caches had their type changed to Earthcache so you may find some with earlier publish dates
		GCRRC6	GeoWoodstock 4 27 May 2006
			mega event type applied retroactively, shortly after May 27, 2006, the Mega type for events with 500+ attendees was announced
		GC13A70	GPS Adventures Maze Exhibit - Minnetrista 06/02/2007
			GPS Maze first
		GC21DF	Houston Webcam Cache #1 10/11/2001
			Here's a conversation about webcam caches in the forums from October 2001 (visit link) several webcam caches are mentioned. This Houston cache being the oldest of that bunch. The type was created a bit later and applied retroactively. The cache type must have happened in Jan or Feb 2002, see the forum posts below, in Jan 2002, it didn't yet exist, and by Feb 28 it did. Moun10Bike Posted 04 January 2002 - 07:54 AM I wouldn't mind seeing a webcam cache icon/type (discussed previously) as well as one for traveling caches. Mr. Snazz_*Posted 28 February 2002 - 06:45 AM there is also a cache type, the 'webcam cache'. (visit link)
		GCA4B	Mission 1: Devil's Spoon
			the first of the A.P.E. caches
		GC38	Missouri's 2nd - Odessa Confluence 08/01/2000
			designed as off set multi older GA multi started as traditional, was redesigned as multi in '03
		GC70	Octopus Garden 09/30/2000
			Cache was originally moving, and given the "new" Mystery type after May 2001. Seems to be the oldest surviving Unknown cache; although the cache in its current incarnation dates from 2005. This is an old listing, but not an old cache.
		GC192	Open Space Letterbox 7A, 1/4 section corner 01/15/2001
			this probably isn't the first letterbox cross listed to Geocaching.com, but it's the oldest active Letterbox hybrid in the US and the first cache in New Mexico, so what the heck ;-) Some old forum threads reference as many as 15% of listings being cross listed letterboxes.
		GC1C90	Please Donate Blood Cache 09/12/01
			converted to Locationless sometime after the type was invented in April 2002. see also * CANDLELIGHT VIGIL * GC1CB8 9/14/01 Forum thread announcing the locationless cache type April 24, 2002 (visit link)
		GC53	Rift Valley 06/15/2000
			first cache submitted as virtual from the start some caches were changed to virt when the box when missing
		GCF	The Original Stash 05/03/2000
			first cache, traditional
		GC18FP7	Where I went, Hugo
			01/08/2008