Official Name: | Kew |
Type: | Village |
Total Type: | Village |
Map Caption1: | Map showing Kews's position with Turks and Caicos |
Coordinates: | 21.914°N -71.991°W |
Pushpin Map: | Turks and Caicos Islands#Caribbean |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Overseas territory |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | North Caicos |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 234[1] |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Kew is a village located on the island of North Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The village contains several small houses, churches, small shops, a library and a police station. The surrounding areas consist of heavy vegetation, earning the village the nickname 'garden of the Turks and Caicos'.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The village is named after Kew, Richmond.[6]
In the late 1700s, the village was the location of settlement by Loyalists that were granted settlement by the British crown in the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War. Large cotton plantations were built in the location of the village and operated into the 1800s. Ruins of these plantations include Teron Hill, St. James Hill and Wades Green Plantations.[2] [5]