Palmers Cross

Palmers Cross
Suburb
Palmers Cross
Coordinates: 17°57′03″N 77°12′35″W / 17.95089°N 77.20973°W / 17.95089; -77.20973Coordinates: 17°57′03″N 77°12′35″W / 17.95089°N 77.20973°W / 17.95089; -77.20973
Country Jamaica
Parish Clarendon

Palmers Cross is a district in south-central Jamaica, located to the east of May Pen in the parish of Clarendon. The approximate population of Palmers Cross is 26,262.[1]

Palmers Cross is the home of The Container Project, a non-profit UNESCO project bringing technology and self-sustainable media training to 'hard-to-reach' young people in Jamaica.[2]

History

On the UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of 1973,[3] two small, neighbouring communities are shown in this vicinity, both centred on minor road junctions:

  1. a village called The Cross with a school and postal agency
  2. a hamlet called Palmers

It seems that in the years since they have grown and merged, their names being combined in the process. From satellite imagery the area is now clearly a contiguous suburb of May Pen.[4]

Amenities

There is a Junior High School formerly called Cross All Age School.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Maps, Weather and Airports for Palmers Cross, Jamaica", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc., JM(1), Retrieved on 2009-06-29.
  2. ↑ "The Palmers Cross Chronicles: From Toronto To Clarendon", Jamlink.com, (115), Retrieved on 2009-09-09.
  3. ↑ UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet H, 1973.
  4. ↑ Wikimapia 1.
  5. ↑ Wikimapia 2.
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