Tutu, U.S. Virgin Islands

Tutu
Subdistrict
Tutu is located in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Tutu
Tutu
Location within the United States Virgin Islands
Coordinates: 18°20′N 64°53′W / 18.333°N 64.883°W / 18.333; -64.883
Country United States
Territory U.S. Virgin Islands
Population
 (2010)
 • Total6,867
Area code340

Tutu, also known as Estate Tutu[1] is one of the seven administrative subdistricts on Saint Thomas island in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in eastern St. Thomas and is mostly made up of the second-largest town in the U.S.V.I., Anna's Retreat in the Tutu Valley, sometimes nicknamed Tutu. The word tutu, in Danish, means a trumpet-like conch shell which was used to call the slaves to work.[2][3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 the population was 6,867, which is down from 8,197 in 2000 and further down from 9,100 in the U.S. Census of 1990. Tutu is known as a densely populated residential area[4][5] and is second only to the territorial capital of Charlotte Amalie in terms of highest population density on the island of Saint Thomas. It is home to approximately 20 percent of the island population and has a total area of 1.5 square miles.[6] There have been numerous excavations in an area known as the Tutu Archaeological Village Site, which has discovered numerous artifacts from the native Arawak people who inhabited the area in the pre-Columbian era.[7][8]

  1. ^ Potter, Susanna Henighan (2013). Moon Virgin Islands. Avalon Travel. Page 42. ISBN 9781612383682.
  2. ^ Samuel N. Stokes, Russell Wright, Margaret Proskauer, and Annie Hillary (May 17, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tutu Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With photo from 1976.
  3. ^ "Census shows V.I.'s population down 2% - News - Virgin Islands Daily News". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  4. ^ Potter, Susanna Henighan (2013). Moon Virgin Islands. Avalon Travel. Page 42. ISBN 9781612383682.
  5. ^ "Census shows V.I.'s population down 2% - News - Virgin Islands Daily News". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  6. ^ http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/tutuwellfield/pdf/rod_tutuwellfieldsite.pdf (Page 13).
  7. ^ Bareuther, Carol M. and Lynda Lohr (2009). Fodor's U.S. & British Virgin Islands. Fodor's Travel Publications. Page 78. ISBN 9781400008650.
  8. ^ Righter, Elizabeth (2003). The Tutu Archaeological Village Site: A Multi-disciplinary Case Study in Human Adaptation. Routledge. ISBN 9781134552696.