Sherwood Content
| Sherwood Content | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
|||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 23 ′ N , 77 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Jamaica | ||
| county | Cornwall | ||
| Trelawny | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | JM-07 | ||
| height | 210 m | ||
Sherwood Content is a scattered settlement in northern Jamaica . The city is located in County Cornwall in the Parish Trelawny . The exact number of inhabitants is not known. The community consists of the previously independent settlements Content, Coxheath, Piemont and Sherwood.
etymology
The name Sherwood Content is composed of the two place names Sherwood and Content, the two largest settlements of the previously independent communities.
geography
Sherwood Content is located, on average, 210 meters above sea level. The hilly area around the city is heavily forested. The closest town is Duanvale in the east, about five kilometers away . Falmouth , the capital and largest town of the Parish, is about 20 kilometers north on the coast.
Culture and environment
Buildings
Sherwood Content has a few surviving early 19th century homes, but most are in poor condition.
Churches
The largest church in town is the Waldensia Baptist Church .
sons and daughters of the town
- Usain Bolt (* 1986), Jamaican sprinter