Official Name: | Jamaica, Vermont |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Vermont#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Jamaica |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 43.1°N -72.7783°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Vermont |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Windham |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Jamaica |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.02 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.99 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population: | 174 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 220 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 05343 |
Area Code: | 802 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 50-36100 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2807162 |
Jamaica is the central village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 174,[2] compared to 1,005 in the entire town.
The CDP is in northwestern Windham County, in the center of the town of Jamaica. It sits on the eastern side of the Green Mountains in the valley of Ball Mountain Brook where it joins the West River, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Connecticut River. Jamaica State Park is on the West River on the northern edge of the village. 535order=flipNaNorder=flip Ball Mountain rises to the north over the West River, while 638order=flipNaNorder=flip College Hill rises to the west.
Vermont Routes 30 and 100 pass concurrently through the center of Jamaica. Route 30 leads northwest over the Green Mountains to Manchester Center and southeast down the West River valley to Brattleboro, while Route 100 leads north 11miles to Londonderry and south to Wilmington.