Frenchtown is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located ...

. It is located on the south coast, on the west side of the capital, Charlotte Amalie and to the east of the settlement of Altona.

History

During the mid to late 19th century, a series of devastating hurricanes and droughts afflicted the nearby island of Saint-Barthelemy. This caused many members of its French-speaking population to migrate to the island of Saint Thomas, where the ones who had been fisherman on Saint-Barthelemy settled in Carenage, later known as Frenchtown. File:STT Frenchtown Heritage Museum 2011.jpg, French Heritage Museum, Frenchtown, 2011 File:STT Frenchtown Hats 2011.jpg, Hats, French Heritage Museum, Frenchtown, 2011 File:STT Frenchtown Instruments 2011.jpg, Instruments, French Heritage Museum, Frenchtown, 2011

References

Populated places in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands {{SaintThomasVI-geo-stub