Blue plaque № 28866

Essington, PA, United States

New Sweden. In 1643 the colony's Governor, Johan Printz, established its capital here on Tinicum Island. Earlier, in 1638, New Sweden had been founded at the site of present Wilmington. Although the colony was captured by the Dutch in 1655, many Swedish and Finnish settlers remained. This was the re

gion's first permanent European settlement, some four decades before William Penn's 1681 founding of Pennsylvania.

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