Official Name: | Jordantown |
Settlement Type: | Community |
Pushpin Map: | Nova Scotia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 275 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Jordantown, Nova Scotia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 44.5851°N -65.7848°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Nova Scotia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Digby |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipal District |
Subdivision Name3: | Digby |
Jordantown, is an African Canadian community, originally named Brindley Town, in Nova Scotia, Canada, located in The Municipality of the District of Digby in Digby County.
Members of the community can trace their ancestral roots back over 200 years when black people first came to Nova Scotia as Black Loyalists who joined British colonial forces during the American Revolutionary War.