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Frederiksted (the Danish translation of "Frederik's Place") is both a town and one of the two administrative districts of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.It is a grid-planned city, designed by surveyor Jens Beckfor, originally to 14x14 blocks but built 7x7 to enhance the island commerce in the 1700s.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kingshill, U.S. Virgin Islands 17°43′23″N 64°52′21″W / 17.72303°N 64.872364°W / 17.72303; -64. This Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands location article is a stub .
On January 18, 2012, HOVENSA announced that its refinery would be permanently shut down. This had a major adverse effect on the economy of St. Croix and the entire U.S. Virgin Islands, as the refinery employed 1,200 residents and 950 contractors. [24] The refinery restarted in January 2021, but shut down again in May 2021 due to unsafe emissions.
The easternmost point of the United States is Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands) on St. Croix. St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, lies to the south and has a flatter terrain because of its coral origin. The National Park Service manages more than half of St. John, nearly all of Hassel Island, and many acres of coral reef.
The subdistrict includes the offshore islands of Great Saint James, Little Saint James, Bovoni Cay, Patricia Cay, Cas Cay, Rotto Cay, Thatch Cay, Shark Island, and Dog Island. The East End subdistrict lost 901 residents between the 2010 U.S. Census and the 2020 U.S. Census , [ 2 ] with a 2020 population of 7,502.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VI-4, "Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI", 48 photos, 3 color transparencies, 5 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
Location in US Virgin Islands Show map of the U.S. Virgin Islands Coordinates: 17°44′31″N 64°41′34″W / 17.74194°N 64.69278°W / 17.74194; -64