Cornwall County, Jamaica

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| name = Cornwall

| settlement_type = County

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| image_map = Cornwall County in Jamaica.svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Jamaica

| subdivision_type1 = County town

| subdivision_name1 = Savanna-la-Mar

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1758

| named_for = Cornwall, England

| area_total_km2 = 3939.3

| population_total = 600581

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Cornwall is the westernmost of the three historic counties into which Jamaica is divided. It is the least populated county of the country. It has no current-day administrative significance.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} It includes Montego Bay, the island's second largest city by area.

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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.{{cite book |last1= Higman |first1= B. W. |last2= Hudson |first2= B. J. |title= Jamaican Place Names |location= Mona, Jamaica |year= 2009 |publisher= University of the West Indies Press |page= 31 |isbn= 978-976-640-306-5 }} Cornwall, the westernmost, was named after the westernmost county of England. Savanna-la-Mar was its county town.