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42,589,571 Americans reported full or partial German Ancestry in the United States, making up approximately 13.04% of the country's 326.6 million inhabitants reporting ancestry in the 2020 ACS. [ 2 ] The five states with the greatest number of Americans with German Ancestry were Pennsylvania (2,915,171), California (2,786,161), Ohio (2,730,617 ...
German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃʔameʁɪˌkaːnɐ]) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau 's figures from 2022, German Americans make up roughly 41 million people in the US, which is approximately 12% of the population. [ 7 ]
The Harmony Society was founded in what is now Germany in 1785 by Johann Georg Rapp.Meeting with opposition from the dominant Lutheran Church, Rapp and his followers emigrated to North America, and purchased the land in Butler County where the community of 200 families founded Harmony in 1805.
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The Great Valley Road used by settlers in the 1700s America. _____ See Google map of this area. Map of the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and parts of West Virginia is home to a long-established German-American community dating to the 17th century.
Historically, Pennsylvania Dutch Christians and Pennsylvania Dutch Jews often had overlapping bonds in German-American business and community life. Due to this historical bond there are several mixed-faith cemeteries in Lehigh County, including Allentown's Fairview Cemetery, where German-Americans of both the Jewish and Protestant faiths are ...
A 1770 map by William Scull showed the road bypassing Chambersburg and running directly from here to intersect with the Harrisburg road (built 1744) in the vicinity of Marion, Pennsylvania (north of Back Creek and Muddy Run). [41] A 1775 version of the map by Robert Sayer and J. Bennett showed John Mushet's tavern at this Marion intersection. [32]
German-American culture in Pittsburgh (6 P) Pages in category "German-American culture in Pennsylvania" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.