Grange Hill, Jamaica

Parish

Grange Hill is a small town in the west of Jamaica. The town is located in County Cornwall in the Parish Westmoreland. In 2010 Grange Hill had a population of 7,198 people

Geography

Grange Hill is located on flat terrain which is called Deep Rural Hills and an average of 24 meters above the sea level. The place is located at the foothills of a forested area. South of town open fields and plantations extend. The closest villages are about 8 kilometers to Glasgow in the north and south-east of Frome Grange Hill which is about 3 km away. About 10 kilometers southwest of the town is Litle London.

Grange Hill is located on the Morgan River, a river which was named after the privateer Sir Henry Morgan. Likewise, the local police station named Morgan River Police Station although Morgan has never resided in this region.

Economy

Grange Hill is known to breed the best race horses of the island and it can have a long tradition. Also known is the place for its fertile soils and for that to produce the best crops of the island annually. Grange Hill is located on the so-called Westmoreland sugar belt. The largest employer in the region is removed in three miles resident in the town of Frome sugar factory. Many in the city are also working in tourism in the city itself or in Negril, 15 miles away.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Rudyard Spencer ( born 1944 ), politician of the Jamaica Labour Party