🧿 Germanna

United States · Americas · 38.38°N, 77.78°W

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Germanna
Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony.

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CountryUnited States
Continent / regionAmericas
Coordinates (approx.)38.38°N, 77.78°W · view on map

Germanna is located in United States, in Americas.

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