Cornwall
County
Country	Jamaica
County town	Savanna-la-Mar
Established	1758
Named for	Cornwall, England

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Cornwall is the westernmost of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It has no current-day administrative significance.^{[citation needed]} It includes Montego Bay, the island's second largest city by area.

The county of Cornwall is shown in green

History

Jamaica's three counties were established in 1758 to facilitate the holding of courts along the lines of the British county court system.^[1] Cornwall, the westernmost, was named after the westernmost county of England.^[1] Savanna-la-Mar was its county town.^[1]

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