Mavis Bank

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| seat = East Rural Saint Andrew{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070831/news/news5.html|title=East Rural St Andrew - Development desired|last=Smith|first=Andrew|date=2007-08-31|publisher=Jamaica Gleaner|access-date=30 November 2009|location=Kingston, Jamaica}}

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Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately {{Convert|10|mi|km|abbr=}} north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet L, 1967.

The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland) which has been owned by the Munn family for many years, and is the main employer in the area.{{cite book|last=Knibb Sibley|first=Inez|title=Dictionary of Place-Names in Jamaica|publisher=Institute of Jamaica|location=Kingston, Jamaica|date=1978|edition=1st|pages=107}} One of the coffees produced by the estate is Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee.{{cite web|url=http://www.bluemountaincoffee.com/index.cfm?method=AboutUs.CoffeeFactory|title=Mavis Bank Coffee Factory|publisher=Blue Mountain Coffee, Inc.|access-date=30 November 2009}}

Close to the west south west is a summit of the same name on which stands a tertiary triangulation station ({{coord|18.027118|-76.662512|region:JM-02_type:landmark|display=inline}}).

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