Sturge Town or Sturgeville is a town in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica. It is located eight miles from Brown's Town.
History Sturge Town was founded in 1839. The settlement was founded by Baptists. It is the second Free Village to be registered, and was named after the English abolitionist, Joseph Sturge, who founded the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Sturge Town is the ancestral home of Kwame Dawes and Neville Dawes.
Education
Sturge Town Primary School
Politics Sturge Town is part of the Saint Ann North Western constituency for elections to the Parliament of Jamaica.
References
Further reading
Sturge Town by Kwame Dawes