New Sweden (disambiguation)
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New Sweden
was a Swedish settlement along the Delaware River in North America.
Other places in the United States named New Sweden include:
New Sweden
New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. New Sweden included parts of the present-day American states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
was a Swedish settlement along the Delaware River in North America.
Other places in the United States named New Sweden include:
- New Sweden, MaineNew Sweden, MaineNew Sweden is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 621 at the 2000 census.-History:Starting in 1870, a Swedish-immigrant colony was established by the State of Maine in Aroostook County. The State of Maine had appointed William W...
- New Sweden Township, MinnesotaNew Sweden Township, MinnesotaNew Sweden Township is a township in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 326 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles , of which, 35.8 square miles of it is land and...
- New Sweden, TexasNew Sweden, TexasNew Sweden is a small unincorporated community in northeast Travis County, Texas, United States.The community was established in 1873 and was known then as Knight's Ranch. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation was established on February 23,1876 and initially carried the name Manor until...
, remnants of a Swedish settlement near Austin