Chapelton, Jamaica

18°04′58″N 77°16′01″W / 18.082691°N 77.2669959°W / 18.082691; -77.2669959CountryJamaicaParishClarendonElevation218 m (715 ft)Population • Estimate 4,559Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)

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

Name

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

• Clarendon College, secondary school.
• Clarendon Hospital, built c1903, now a community Type 3 hospital.^[2]
• Police Station.
• St Paul's Anglican Church, founded over 300 years ago.^[3]

Transport

Road

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

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

• Dennis Alcapone
• Everton Blender
• Toots Hibbert
• Linton Kwesi Johnson
• Barrington Levy
• Freddie McGregor
• Raphael Morgan (Robert Josias Morgan)
• Levi Roots
• Jah Shaka
• Cocoa Tea

See also

• List of cities and towns in Jamaica

References

External links

• Photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine [6] [7] [8] [9].