Surrey County, Jamaica
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Historic county of Jamaica
County in Kingston, Jamaica
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| Location of Surrey | |
| Country | Jamaica |
| County town | Kingston |
| Established | 1758 |
| Named for | Surrey, England |
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Surrey (also Surry) is the easternmost and the smallest by area of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It was created in 1758, and is divided into four parishes.[1]
History
[edit ]Jamaica's three counties (Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall) were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system.[2] Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found.[2] Kingston was its county town.[2]
Parish
[edit ] Surrey County
11
Kingston Parish (1) (2)
21.8
96,052
Kingston
12
Portland
814.0
80,205
Port Antonio
13
Saint Andrew (1)
430.7
555,828
Half Way Tree
14
Saint Thomas
742.8
91,604
Morant Bay
Surrey County
2,009.3
823,689
(1) Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation.
(2) Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.
References
[edit ]- ^ "A special Gleaner Feature". Jamaica Gleaner.
- ^ a b c Higman, B. W.; Hudson, B. J. (2009). Jamaican Place Names. Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-976-640-306-5.