Southfield, Jamaica

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Southfield, Jamaica
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Southfield, Jamaica
Coordinates: 17°52′50″N77°40′25″W / 17.8805°N 77.6735°W / 17.8805; -77.6735 [1] [2]
Country Jamaica
Parish St Elizabeth
Elevation
[3]
568 m (1,863 ft)
Population
[4]
 • Total
2,623
 • Estimate 
(2018)
4,370
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)

Southfield is a farming town [5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains [6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. [7] [8]

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History

Southfield was originally the site of a plantation. This, together with its Great House was well established by 1796 when Andrew Bromfield was listed as the proprietor with 80 African slaves. [9] By 1922 this had been renamed Southfield Pen. [10]

In 1995, the Great House featured in a program shown on Jamaican National Television. [9] In 2018, the village turned into a town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.

Amenities

Southfield has two hardware stores, one of which is owned and operated by the Parchment family, a Petcom gas station owned by the Gayle family, many churches including Southfield Seventh-Day Adventist church which was the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in the region. It also has many shops, a supermarket and a pharmacy. [11]

There is also a school, Mayfield All Age School, a public library [12] and two churches. [1] [2]

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet E, 1958.
  2. 1 2 "Wikimapia" . Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Southfield, Jamaica Page". Falling Rain Genomics Inc . Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Southfield". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Grindley, Latoya (25 March 2008). "Carrots in the 'breadbasket'". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner . Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA". Washington, DC 20045: Adventures Great and Small. Retrieved 30 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. ↑ "Southfield Map – Satellite Images of Southfield". maplandia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.. "Lois Samuels' the Vessel for CFW". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Samuels, Lois. "THE MANNINGS BOYS HOME". Lois Samuels. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  9. 1 2 Hodgson, Robert Roy. "Southfield Great House". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  10. ↑ Hodgson, Robert Roy. "Edward Hugh Hodgson". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009. and Village turn into Town
  11. ↑ Finlason, Gladys. "Button Bay Beach Getaway". Treasure Beach, Jamaica: ButtonbayJamaica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  12. ↑ "About Us - Officers". Archived from the original on 14 August 2001.
  13. ↑ "Jamaican-born scientist gets top award". Jamaica Gleaner. 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  14. ↑ Hodgson, Robert. "Mabel Victoria Bent". southfieldhodgsons.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
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