Mavis Bank

Mavis Bank
—  Town  —
Mavis Bank
Coordinates: 18°01′53″N 76°39′30″W / 18.0314032°N 76.6583705°W / 18.0314032; -76.6583705Coordinates: 18°01′53″N 76°39′30″W / 18.0314032°N 76.6583705°W / 18.0314032; -76.6583705
Country	Jamaica
Parish	St Andrew
Parliamentary Constituency	East Rural Saint Andrew[1]
Population [2]
- Estimate (2009)	1,787

Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community about 10 miles north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains close to the border of St. Thomas.^[3]

The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee estate (itself named after a historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years and is the main employer in the area.^[4] One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.^[5]

Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station (18°01′38″N 76°39′45″W / 18.0271184°N 76.6625118°W / 18.0271184; -76.6625118).^[3]

References

1. ^ Smith, Andrew (2007-08-31). "East Rural St Andrew - Development desired". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica Gleaner. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070831/news/news5.html. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
2. ^ Mavis Bank, World Gazetteer.
3. ^ ^{a b} UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1967.
4. ^ Knibb Sibley, Inez (1978). Dictionary of Place-Names in Jamaica (1st ed.). Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Jamaica. pp. 107. 
5. ^ "Mavis Bank Coffee Factory". Blue Mountain Coffee, Inc.. http://www.bluemountaincoffee.com/index.cfm?method=AboutUs.CoffeeFactory. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 

External links

• Aerial view
• Photos (Flickr)
• Virtual tour