Careysburg

Careysburg
Coordinates	6 ° 24 ′  N , 10 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 24 ′  N , 10 ° 30 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Liberia
region	Montserrado
height	105 m
founding	1859

Careysburg is a city in the east of the West African Republic of Liberia , it was named after the Baptist preacher , doctor and founding member of the American Colonization Society (ACS), Lott Carey , and is located near the capital Monrovia .

history

The town of Montserrado County was founded in 1859 by settlers arriving from the United States and the Caribbean island of Barbados . The inland location was chosen to counteract the high mortality rate of the settlers caused by yellow fever and malaria . The region around Careysburg quickly became a center of plantation economy ( rubber and coffee ). There is a train station in Careysburg, and the Mount Coffee Dam and the White Plains Water Treatment Plant were built near the city .

From 1964, a broadcasting station was operated by Voice of America near Careysburg . The Duside Hospital , built as the health center of the Firestone Plantation near Careysburg, meets European standards of medical care .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Careysburg. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011, accessed February 13, 2011 .  
2. ^ Volunteer Doctors Offer Children The Gift Of A Lifetime At Firestone Medical Center In Liberia. In: Firestone Plantation website. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011 ; Retrieved January 5, 2011 .