Frederiksted
| Frederiksted, US Virgin Islands | |||
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| Nickname : Freedom City | |||
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| Location in the US Virgin Islands | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1751 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| Outside area : | American Virgin Islands | ||
| Coordinates : | 17 ° 43 ′ N , 64 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 732 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Postal code : | 340 | ||
| Area code : | +1 00840, 00841 | ||
Frederiksted, US Virgin Islands is a municipality on the island of Saint Croix (US Virgin Islands) . Frederiksted is of Danish origin. The city is named after King Frederick V of Denmark .
In 2000 the place had 732 inhabitants.
Today's old town was partly built in the 1700s as a planned town (7 × 7 blocks) according to the plans of the surveyor Jens Beckfor.
Among other things, Fort Frederik , a fortress from the 18th century, is worth seeing .
The Paul E. Joseph Stadium is in town .
Personalities
- Seba Johnson (* 1973), American animal rights activist, actress and ski racer
- Mary Thomas , leader of the Fireburn Riots that burned half of Frederiksted down in 1878. Thomas died in Frederikstedt in 1905.
Web links
Commons : Frederiksted - collection of images, videos and audio files
