Surrey County, Jamaica Explained

Surrey
Settlement Type:County
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1758
Named For:Surrey, England
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Jamaica
Subdivision Type1:County town
Subdivision Name1:Kingston

Surrey (also Surry) is the easternmost and the smallest by area of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It was created in 1758, and is divided into four parishes.[1]

History

Jamaica's three counties (Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall) were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system.[2] Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found. Kingston was its county town.

Parish

Surrey County
On
map
ParishArea
km2
Population
Census 2011
Capital
11Kingston Parish(1) (2) 21.896,052Kingston
12Portland814.080,205Port Antonio
13Saint Andrew(1)430.7555,828Half Way Tree
14Saint Thomas742.891,604Morant Bay
  Surrey County2,009.3823,689
  Jamaica total10,990.52,607,631Kingston

(1) Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation.
(2) Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A special Gleaner Feature. Jamaica Gleaner.
  2. Book: Higman . B. W. . Hudson . B. J. . Jamaican Place Names . Mona, Jamaica . 2009 . University of the West Indies Press . 31 . 978-976-640-306-5 .