Surrey (also Surry) is the easternmost and the smallest by area of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It was created in 1758, and is divided into four parishes.
History Jamaica's three counties (Surrey, Middlesex and Cornwall) were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system. Surrey was named after the English county in which Kingston upon Thames is found. Kingston was its county town.
Parish
Surrey CountyOn mapParishAreakm2PopulationCensus 2011Capital 11Kingston Parish(1) (2) 21.8 96,052 Kingston 12Portland 814.0 80,205 Port Antonio 13Saint Andrew(1) 430.7 555,828 Half Way Tree 14Saint Thomas 742.8 91,604 Morant Bay Surrey County 2,009.3 823,689 Jamaica total 10,990.5 2,607,631 Kingston
(1) Kingston Parish and Saint Andrew Parish together form Kingston and St Andrew Corporation. (2) Kingston Parish does not encompass all of Kingston.
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