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Housing Units (2000): 1
Land area (2000): 0.075518 sq. miles (0.195590 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005421 sq. miles (0.014041 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.080939 sq. miles (0.209631 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52398
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.101894 N, 86.274821 W
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New Amsterdam
Wikipedia
New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, which served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. The factorij became a settlement outside of Fort Amsterdam. Situated on the strategic, fortifiable southern tip of the island of Manhattan, the fort was meant to defend the Dutch West India Company's fur trade operations in the North River ( Hudson River). It became a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic as of 1624 and was designated the capital of the province in 1625.
New Amsterdam was renamed New York on September 8, 1664, in honor of the then Duke of York (later James II of England), in whose name the English had captured it. In 1667 the Dutch gave up their claim to the town and the rest of the colony, in exchange for control of the Spice Islands.
New Amsterdam was the Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City.
New Amsterdam or Nieuw Amsterdam may also refer to:
New Amsterdam is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam" (real name Johann van der Zee), an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since he was 14 years old, and who is a homicide detective in the present day. The series was nominated for an Emmy for Main Title Design.
"New Amsterdam" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Mad Men. It was written by Lisa Albert and directed by Tim Hunter. The episode originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on August 9, 2007.
Usage examples of "new amsterdam".
They were so dadgum Dutch, boys, that when Alex Hamilton ran for governor of New Amsterdam and John Adams ran for president of the United States, they both did better in the Dutch parts of New Netherland than they did among the Scotch and Irish.
Not sure how he'll react to our plans for New Amsterdam and the Dutch forts at Orange and Nassau, though.
Any one of these folks would be remarkable in whatever town they lived in, no matter if it was as big as New Amsterdam or Philadelphia.
And hanging around New Amsterdam getting rich wasn't what he wanted.
A lot of money changed hands in New Amsterdam, and there was nothing to stop some of it from falling onto the street at Calvin's feet.
Scarlet Dean lay back on a deck chair, splendidly alone up on the topmost deck of the New Amsterdam, and watched the sun dip toward the horizon, blazing a path of purest gold across the sparkling waters directly toward her.
Now he came forward, derby hat low over a long black coat, cane tapping lightly on the sidewalk, andafter looking carefully left and rightslowly crossed the street, in the direction of New Amsterdam Chemists.
In any case, Minuit built a fort at the tip of the island and called it New Amsterdam.
It belongs as much to the Mohawk chief in Irrakwa as to the Knickerbocker shopkeeper in New Amsterdam.
Ancient tunnels used by Dutch smugglers in the days of New Amsterdam.
He draws this picture of Wouter Van Twiller, Governor of New Amsterdam:—.