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Geology of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1631. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. "36 Hours in St. John" (2006). The New York Times. Jon Rust "Why I Gave Up a $95,000 Job to Move to an Island and Scoop Ice Cream"—2015 Cosmopolitan article by Noelle Hancock
Map of the United States Virgin Islands. This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States Virgin Islands. There are currently 91 listed sites spread across 16 of the 20 subdistricts within three islands/districts of the United States Virgin Islands.
Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District is a historic section of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands located on the south central coast adjacent to Reef Bay. The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981. [1]
The Colonial Law of 1863 divided the islands into two municipalities: St. Croix, and St. Thomas–St. John. [2] Each municipality was served by a Colonial Council. [2] After the United States had purchased the islands, the U.S. Congress passed the Organic Act of 1936, under which the two Colonial Councils became Municipal Councils. [2]
Catherineberg Sugar Mill Ruins is an historic site located in the Virgin Islands National Park, east of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The ruins are an example of an 18th-century sugar and rum factory. To reach Catherineberg, turn north on John Head Road from Centerline Road. There is room for several cars to park right next to ...
Claasen was the first "Free Colored" landowner on St. John. [2] Augustus Kragh and the Grancis family were owners of the Mary Point Estate during the late 18th century. Hans Hendrik Berg, a governor and president of St. John and St. Thomas, was an owner of the Mary Point Estate during the 19th century. During this time an L-shaped factory and ...
Coral Bay is a town and a sub-district on the island of St. John in the United States Virgin Islands.It is located on the southeastern side of the island. It was the commercial center of the island in the 19th century as the site of the largest plantation, but from the 1950s onward the population dwindled as the Cruz Bay side of the island with its airport and ferry service to St. Thomas ...
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Annaberg, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands 18°21′47″N 64°43′49″W / 18.36301°N 64.73014°W / 18.36301; -64 This Saint John, United States Virgin Islands location article is a stub .