Southfield, Jamaica Explained

Southfield, Jamaica
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Jamaica
Pushpin Mapsize:260
Coordinates:17.8805°N -77.6735°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1] [2]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Jamaica
Subdivision Type1:Parish
Subdivision Name1:St Elizabeth
Elevation Ft:1863
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population Total:2,623
Population Est:4,370
Pop Est As Of:2018
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-5

Southfield is a farming town [5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains[6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.[7] [8]

History

Southfield was originally the site of a plantation. This, together with its Great House was well established by 1796 when Andrew Bromfield was listed as the proprietor with 80 African slaves.[9] By 1922 this had been renamed Southfield Pen.[10]

In 1995, the Great House featured in a program shown on Jamaican National Television.

In 2018, the village turned into a town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.

Amenities

Southfield has two hardware stores, one of which is owned and operated by the Parchment family, a Petcom gas station owned by the Gayle family, many churches including Southfield Seventh-Day Adventist church which was the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in the region. It also has many shops, a supermarket and a pharmacy.[11]

There is also a school, Mayfield All Age School, a public library[12] and two churches.[1]

Notable residents

External links

Notes and References

  1. UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet E, 1958.
  2. Web site: Wikimapia. 30 September 2009.
  3. Web site: Southfield, Jamaica Page. Falling Rain Genomics Inc. 30 September 2009.
  4. Web site: Southfield. World Gazetteer. 30 September 2009. https://archive.today/20130209233751/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-109&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&geo=388378233. 9 February 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Carrots in the 'breadbasket'. Grindley. Latoya. 25 March 2008. Jamaica Gleaner. 30 September 2009. Kingston, Jamaica.
  6. Web site: ST. ELIZABETH, JAMAICA. Adventures Great and Small. 30 September 2009. Washington, DC 20045.
  7. Web site: Southfield Map – Satellite Images of Southfield. maplandia.com. 30 September 2009. .Web site: Lois Samuels' the Vessel for CFW. 1 June 2009. Jamaica Gleaner. 30 September 2009. Kingston, Jamaica.
  8. Web site: THE MANNINGS BOYS HOME. Samuels. Lois. Lois Samuels . 30 September 2009.
  9. Web site: Southfield Great House. Hodgson. Robert Roy. southfieldhodgsons.com. 30 September 2009.
  10. Web site: Edward Hugh Hodgson. Hodgson. Robert Roy. southfieldhodgsons.com. 30 September 2009. and Village turn into Town
  11. Web site: Button Bay Beach Getaway. Finlason. Gladys. ButtonbayJamaica.com. 30 September 2009. Treasure Beach, Jamaica.
  12. http://www.jamaicateachers.org.jm/about/aboutus_off.asp
  13. Web site: Jamaican-born scientist gets top award. 29 January 2007. Jamaica Gleaner. 30 September 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070610063515/http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070129/lead/lead2.html. 10 June 2007.
  14. Web site: Mabel Victoria Bent. Hodgson. Robert. southfieldhodgsons.com. 30 September 2009.

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