Frankfield
Town in Clarendon, Jamaica
Frankfield
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Coordinates: 18°08′47″N 77°21′57″W / 18.1463208°N 77.3658246°W / 18.1463208; -77.3658246 | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | Clarendon |
Elevation
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276 m (906 ft) |
Population
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Estimate
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3,323 |
Frankfield is a town in the parish of Clarendon in central Jamaica . It is located near the top of Jamaica's central ridge of mountains overlooking the south coast. The Rio Minho river runs through the town in a shallow gorge. [2]
Transport
Road
Frankfield is on the B4 road which climbs up from Trout Hall in the south, crosses into the town from the south east via a bridge over the Rio Minho, passes through the town's central square and continues north towards Grantham and Spaldings. From the town center going towards the south west a lesser road connects Frankfield with Nine Turns, Smithville, Wakefield, Thompson Town, Mocho, Four Paths and May Pen. [2]
Rail
From 1925 to 1974 Frankfield railway station was the terminus of a 21-mile railway branch line from May Pen .
See also
References
- ↑ "World Gazetteer, Jamaica: Largest cities and towns with statistics of their population" . Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
- 1 2 UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G & H, 1973.