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Chapelton, Jamaica

Coordinates: 18°04′58″N 77°16′01″W / 18.082691°N 77.2669959°W / 18.082691; -77.2669959
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Chapelton
Market Town
Chapelton is located in Jamaica
Chapelton
Chapelton
Coordinates: 18°04′58″N 77°16′01″W / 18.082691°N 77.2669959°W / 18.082691; -77.2669959
CountryJamaica
ParishClarendon
Elevation
218 m (715 ft)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2009)
4,559
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)

Chapelton is a market town in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica and the former parish capital.

Name

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According to a longtime resident:[2]

Back in the days of plantation slavery in Jamaica, the Chapleton locality was a plantocracy settlement. Instead of going to church in the capital May Pen, the plantation owners built a church in Chapleton where they worshiped. Local folk therefore talked about going to “the chapel in the town.” After a while, the town became known as Chapel Town but with the passing of time, the name became distorted and was shortened to become Chapelton.

Amenities

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Transport

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Road

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Chapelton is on the B3 road which climbs up from May Pen in the south, passes through the center of the town and continues north towards Brown's Town.[4]

Rail

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From 1925 to 1974 Chapelton was served by Chapelton railway station on the 21 mile railway branch line from May Pen to Frankfield.[citation needed]

Notable people from Chapelton

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Barrington Levy

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Chapelton - An Oral History Archived 21 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Myrel Elaine Moss (Sister Moss), golocaljamaica.com, 2003-01-01.
  3. ^ Kathy Alison, Picasa, 2009-01-03.
  4. ^ UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G & H, 1973.
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