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Josephine City
Josephine St,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
39° 8' 40.8912",
-77° 59' 7.134"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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Early in the 1870s 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 for $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 residences.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Josephine City Virginia Map
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