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Southfield, Jamaica | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 17°52′50″N 77°40′25″W / 17.8805°N 77.6735°W [1] [2] | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Elizabeth |
Elevation | 568 m (1,863 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,623 |
• Estimate (2018) | 4,370 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Southfield is a farming town [5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains [6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. [7] [8]
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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. [9]
In 2018, the village turned into a town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.
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] [2]
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Southfield, Jamaica | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 17°52′50″N 77°40′25″W / 17.8805°N 77.6735°W [1] [2] | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | St Elizabeth |
Elevation | 568 m (1,863 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,623 |
• Estimate (2018) | 4,370 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Southfield is a farming town [5] on the southern ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains [6] in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. [7] [8]
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (December 2009) |
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. [9]
In 2018, the village turned into a town and Southfield Town has 4,370 people live in 1,120 Households.
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] [2]
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