John Hughes, Antigua and Barbuda

Last updated
John Hughes
Jaan Yuuz
Village
John Hughes field in 2023 (1).jpg
John Hughes in June 2023
John Hughes in Antigua.svg
Coordinates: 17°02′56″N61°48′29″W / 17.04889°N 61.80806°W / 17.04889; -61.80806
Country Antigua and Barbuda
Parish Saint Mary
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
455
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)

John Hughes (South Antiguan : Jaan Yuuz) [1] is a village in Saint Mary, Antigua and Barbuda. It had a population of 455 people in 2011. John Hughes is composed of two enumeration districts: Breakneck and Bishops. [2] John Hughes is located in the Shekerley Mountains on Fig Tree Drive, between Swetes and Old Road. [3] The village was home to various sugar estates including Sawcolts– the name of a present day area in the community. [4] John Hughes may have been named after a retired naval pensioner from Saint Kitts that moved to the island in 1821. [5]

Contents

The village contains the Charlesworth T. Samuel Primary School, the head office of the Wallings Nature Reserve, various inns and hotels, a community cricket ground, and some churches including Anglican and Seventh-Day Adventist churches. [6] [7] A 2007 report noted that the village had poor roads and public services and that more attention was needed to preserve the portion of the Leeward Islands moist forests [8] in the village. Low-income earners in the village are also struggling with the highest cost of utilities in the area. The village is considered rural and remains one of the most deprived communities on the island. [9] [10] As one of the most elevated communities on the island, temperatures in John Hughes regularly plunge to around 15ºC (59ºF) during winter nights, ranking it as one of the coldest locations in the country, usually exceeded only by Freetown. [11]

History

The village was mentioned in the 1856 census as having a population of 128 in 33 homes. [12] Some people immigrated to the area in the 1800s to work on the construction of Wallings Dam. [13] [9] A map from 1957 shows a starch factory in Traumentania, between the dam and Old Road. [14] Around the 1960s a primary school opened in the village. [13] In 1970 the village had 751 people in 131 households. [15] In 1991 the village had just 298 inhabitants, and in 2001 it had 423 inhabitants. [16] [2]

Demographics

There were 455 people living in John Hughes as of the 2011 census. The village was 94.43% African, 2.78% white, 1.39% other mixed, 0.70% mixed black/white, 0.46% other, and 0.23% Hispanic. [17] The population was born in different countries, including Antigua and Barbuda (82.13%), Guyana (3.48%), and the United States (3.48%). [18] The population had diverse religious affiliations, including Methodists (23.95%), Adventists (21.16%), Anglicans (13.49%), Catholics (8.37%), and irreligious people (6.28%). [19]

References

  1. ↑ Desouza, Jeffrey (2025-05-15). "List of Antiguan and Barbudan localities in Creole". Axarplex. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  2. 1 2 2001 census (PDF).
  3. ↑ landed (2013-08-10). "Fig Tree Drive - Antigua Blog". antiguablog.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Antigua Sugar Mills – Antigua Sugar Mills" . Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  5. ↑ "ANTIGUA & BARBUDA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE". antiguahistory.net. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  6. ↑ Simon, Dwayne (2024-01-31). "Charlesworth T Samuel Primary School - Dadli Directory" . Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  7. ↑ "Wallings Nature Reserve" . Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  8. ↑ "2021 State of the Environment Report" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 2007 CPA Report (PDF).
  10. ↑ "LCI report" (PDF). statistics.gov.ag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  11. ↑ "The Fourth Longest Sub-Twenty Cold Spell for Antigua and Barbuda". Dale Destin - 268Weather. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  12. ↑ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1858). Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. Ordered to be printed.
  13. 1 2 Editor (2024-10-28). "Memories of Nation Building". Antigua News Room. Retrieved 2025-12-28.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ↑ "Historical Maps of Antigua - MAPS FROM THE 1900s". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2025-12-28.
  15. ↑ Division, Antigua Ministry of Planning, Development, and External Affairs Statistics (1974). Census of Population, 1970: Housing Characteristics. Statistics Division, Ministry of Planning, Development & External Affairs.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ 1991 census (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Q48 Ethnic" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "Country of birth" (PDF).
  19. ↑ "Religion" (PDF).
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.