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Wachovia (/ w ɑː ˈ k oʊ v i ə /) was the area settled by Moravians in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. Of the six 18th-century Moravian "villages of the Lord" established in Wachovia, today only the town of Bethania and city of Winston-Salem exist within the historic Wachovia Tract.
Bethania Historic District. / 36.18389°N 80.33694°W / 36.18389; -80.33694. The Bethania Historic District encompasses the historic planned center of the town of Bethania, North Carolina. A National Historic Landmark District, it is a rare example of a Moravian linear agricultural village in the United States, planned and founded in 1759.
Old Salem. Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. [3] It features a living-history museum which interprets the restored Moravian community. The non-profit organization began its work in 1950, although some private residents had restored ...
Bethabara Historic District. / 36.15444°N 80.29861°W / 36.15444; -80.29861. Bethabara Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings and archaeological remains of a small Moravian community, that was first settled in 1753. Located in present-day Forsyth County, North Carolina, it is now a public park of the city of Winston-Salem.
Philip Christian Gottlieb Reuter (5 September 1717 – 30 December 1777) was a German architect. He became an influential member of the Moravian community in the Wachovia Tract of today's North Carolina by developing the appearance of towns and the usage of land. He mapped said tract and drew the town plans for Bethania, Bethabara and Salem.
Salem, North Carolina. / 35.69972°N 81.70028°W / 35.69972; -81.70028. Salem is a census-designated place (CDP) in Burke County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2010 census. [4] It is part of the Hickory – Lenoir – Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Location Present-day road segment number Present-day road segment name Distance covered Remarks Philadelphia, Market Street, at Delaware River: State Road 3 (PA-3): Market St: By about 1740, milestones were placed along the side of the Great Wagon Road to Lancaster (known as the "King's Road", or occasionally the "Conestoga Road"), each with a chiseled number, indicating the distance in miles ...
In 1789, he was invited to become the physician of the Moravian community in the Wachovia Tract, in North Carolina, which was established around twenty years earlier. He was received into the Moravian church by the congregation of Zeist , Netherlands, in September 1789, then sailed to American shores the following month.