Frenchtown
Proper noun
Meaning
A settlement on Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
A township in Antelope County, Nebraska.
An unincorporated community in Seneca County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Yuba County, California.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
A neighbourhood of Tallahassee, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Spencer Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
A ghost town, a historic settlement on the Elk River, Cecil County, Maryland.
An unincorporated community north of Perryville, Cecil County, Maryland.
A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
A census-designated place in Missoula County, Montana.
A borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
An unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio.
An unincorporated community in East Mead Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
A section of the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas.
A historical settlement in Walla Walla County, Washington.
A neighbourhood of the city of Tomahawk, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
A detachment of Harrison's army was defeated at Frenchtown along the River Raisin on January 22, 1813.
Even the railroad's Frenchtown section was abandoned in 1859, and the port became a ghost town (though other sections remain in use, operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway ).
The Battle of Frenchtown (January 18–23, 1813) was part of a United States effort to retake the city, and American troops suffered their highest fatalities of any battle in the war.
Waterfront Drive, also called Veteran’s Drive, fronts the harbor and extends from Havensight Mall to Frenchtown.
The Upper Hotel is now called The National Hotel and is the first building you see pulling into Frenchtown from Route 12. It had also served as a stage coach stop.