Chapelton | |
Settlement Type: | Market Town |
Pushpin Map: | Jamaica |
Coordinates: | 18.0827°N -77.267°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jamaica |
Subdivision Type1: | Parish |
Subdivision Name1: | Clarendon |
Elevation Ft: | 715 |
Population Footnotes: | .[1] |
Population Est: | 4559 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2009 |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Chapelton is a market town in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica and the former parish capital.
According to a longtime resident:[2]
Chapelton is on the B3 road which climbs up from May Pen in the south, passes through the center of the town and continues north towards Brown's Town.[4]
From 1925 to 1974 Chapelton was served by Chapelton railway station on the 21 mile railway branch line from May Pen to Frankfield.