St. Joseph
Geisterstadt · Vereinigte Staaten
- Verlassen
- unbekannt
- Gegründet
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- Einwohner
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- Koordinaten
- 29.853, -85.332
Warum verlassen
💥 Krieg & Vertreibung
Automatisch aus dem Text erkannt: A yellow fever epidemic in 1841 ended its brief period of prosperity and the abandoned remnants of the town were destroyed by a storm surge in 1844.
Geschichte
St. Joseph was a boomtown founded in 1835 on the shores of St. Joseph Bay that briefly became the largest community in Florida before being abandoned after less than eight years. A yellow fever epidemic in 1841 ended its brief period of prosperity and the abandoned remnants of the town were destroyed by a storm surge in 1844. The town site is in Gulf County, Florida, near the city of Port St. Joe.
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