Frankfield Explained

Frankfield
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Jamaica
Coordinates:18.1463°N -77.3658°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Jamaica
Subdivision Type1:Parish
Subdivision Name1:Clarendon
Elevation M:276
Population Footnotes:.[1]
Population Est:3323
Pop Est As Of:2009

Frankfield is a town in the parish of Clarendon in central Jamaica. It is located near the top of Jamaica's central ridge of mountains overlooking the south coast. The Rio Minho river runs through the town in a shallow gorge.[2]

Transport

Road

Frankfield is on the B4 road which climbs up from Trout Hall in the south, crosses into the town from the south east via a bridge over the Rio Minho, passes through the town's central square and continues north towards Grantham and Spaldings. From the town centre going towards the south west a lesser road connects Frankfield with Nine Turns, Smithville, Wakefield, Thompson Town, Mocho, Four Paths and May Pen.[2]

Rail

From 1925 to 1974 Frankfield railway station was the terminus of a 21-mile railway branch line from May Pen.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer, Jamaica: Largest cities and towns with statistics of their population. dead. https://archive.today/20121205080745/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-109. 2012-12-05.
  2. UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G & H, 1973.