Mavis Bank

Demographic figures from Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Judy Mowatt

Jamaican singer and songwriter

Lennie Hibbert

Jamaican musician (1928-1984)

Burchell Alexander McPherson

Jamaican Roman Catholic bishop

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Henry Arthur Campbell

Jamaican electrical engineer (1873-1953)

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Henry Richard Fox Bourne

UK author and reformer

Marcia Ranglin-Vassell

politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Saint Andrew

• Red Gal Ring
  9 mi away
• Golden Spring
  10.8 mi away
• Temple Hall
  12.5 mi away
• Lawrence Tavern
  14 mi away
• Tino
  4767.1 mi away
• Néguéni
  4770.4 mi away
• Bolante
  4770.5 mi away
• Dolofa
  4773.2 mi away
• Kapere
  4776.4 mi away
• Luniongo
  4778.9 mi away
• Ziédougou
  4799.3 mi away · pop. 1,745
• Dechria
  4801.2 mi away

Browse all places in Saint Andrew →

Recently spotted species

Graham's Anole

Anolis grahami

Seen 2026-09-17

Six-spotted Zigzag Ladybird

Cheilomenes sexmaculata

Seen 2026-09-15

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-09-15

Mealybug Destroyer

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

Seen 2026-09-14

Gray Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus bivittatus

Seen 2026-09-11

American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Seen 2026-09-11

Greater Antillean Grackle

Quiscalus niger

Seen 2026-09-10

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Seen 2026-09-10

Gulf Fritillary

Dione vanillae

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).