Nazareth was founded as an exclusive Moravian community. Other faiths were not allowed to purchase property there. The other communities were Bethlehem, PA; Emmaus, PA, and Lititz, PA. Until the mid-1900s, much of Nazareth's population was of German origin. Pennsylvania residents know that Pennsylvania Dutch comes from a variant on the word Deutsch, which in English is German. Uncommon Pennsylvania town cancel.