Finland
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Gosffo
N 39° 50.973 W 075° 22.683
18S E 467659 N 4411127
If you check out the map on the website below, you will see the settlement of Finland!
Waymark Code: WM8JE6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
Views: 7
Marker Text: Name given to tract along Delaware River from Marcus Hook to Chester River. Grant for tract was given Captain Hans Ammundson Besk, a native of Finland, by Queen Christina in 1653. Site of first Finnish settlement in America.
Marker Name: Finland
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 05/21/1955
Marker Type: City
Location: Concord Ave. at monument in Chester
Category: Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration
Website: [Web Link]
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