Surrey County, Jamaica


Surrey 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.

History

Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found. Kingston was its county town.

Parish list and map

The county of Surrey is shown in yellow.
Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation.

Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.