Lionel Town, Jamaica

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Lionel Town
Location of Lionel Town in Jamaica

Lionel Town is a settlement in the Clarendon parish of Jamaica. It has a population of 5,416 as of 2009. [1] Lionel Town has a Community Hospital. [2] The town is named after the British colonial administrator General Sir Lionel Smith who was the island's governor at the time of emancipation in 1836.

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References

  1. "Jamaica: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  2. Lionel Town Community Hospital

Coordinates: 17°46′30″N77°14′06″W / 17.775°N 77.235°W / 17.775; -77.235