Josephine City

Josephine City (HM1M41)

Location: Berryville, VA 22611 Clarke County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 8.68', W 77° 59.113'

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Early in the 1870's African Americans established Josephine City, a community originally composed of 31 one-acre lots lining a 16-foot-wide street. Twenty-four former slaves and free blacks purchased the lots at $100 an acre from Ellen McCormick, owner of Clermont Farm. The street and the community were probably named after a former slave at Clermont, Josephine Williams, purchaser of two lots. By 1900, Josephine City had become an oasis for the county's African Americans and was a self-sufficient community with a school, grocery store, gas station, boarding house, restaurant, cemetery, churches, and numerous residents.
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HM NumberHM1M41
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Marker NumberJ 19
Year Placed2014
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 at 10:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 242008 N 4337075
Decimal Degrees39.14466667, -77.98521667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 8.68', W 77° 59.113'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 8' 40.8" N, 77° 59' 6.78" W
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Area Code(s)540
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-163 Josephine St, Berryville VA 22611, US
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