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Fredericksburg is located east of the center of Gillespie County 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi), of which 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) are land and 0.12 km 2 (0.05 sq mi), or 0.55%, is covered by water.
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census. [5] It was given a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence in 2019. [6] Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants.
As of the U.S. 2000 Census, some 1,035 people report speaking German at home in Fredericksburg, [11] the town with the largest community of Texas German speakers, representing 12.48% of the total population, 840 in New Braunfels, [12] 150 in Schulenburg, [12] 85 in Stonewall, [13] 70 in Boerne, [12] 65 in Harper, [14] 45 in Comfort [15] and 19 in Weimar, [12] all of which except for ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Georgetown is a city in Texas and the county seat of Williamson County, Texas, United States. [7] The population was 67,176 at the 2020 census, [4] and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 96,312. [5]
Meusebach would later become the state senator for District 22 of the Texas Senate. The area of Baron's Creek is now named after him. [61] The city is a major hub of Texas German (German: Texasdeutsch), a unique dialect of the German language spoken by some descendants of the original German settlers. [62] Freistatt: Missouri: Friedenberg: Missouri
Texas Germans (German: Texas-Deutsche) are descendants of Germans who settled in Texas since the 1830s. The arriving Germans tended to cluster in ethnic enclaves ; the majority settled in a broad, fragmented belt across the south-central part of the state, where many became farmers. [ 1 ]
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown , Pennsylvania , between the British Army led by Sir William Howe , and the American Continental Army under George Washington .