Maggotty

{{Short description|Settlement in Jamaica}}

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{{Location map|Jamaica|lat=18.1500|long=-77.7713|width=200|caption=Location of Maggotty in Jamaica|label=Maggotty}}

Maggotty is a settlement in Jamaica. It had a population of 1,335 as of 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-109 |title=Jamaica: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population |publisher=World Gazetteer |access-date=21 December 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205080745/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-109 |archive-date=5 December 2012 |url-status=dead}} Maggotty was a bauxite mining town in the 1960s and 1970s. The Revere bauxite plant polluted the Black River, Jamaica's longest river. The small town also possesses three schools neighbouring each other: a high school, Maggotty High school; a primary school, Glen Stuart Primary; and an infant school, Maggotty Basic School.