History

The name is most likely a compound of the surname "Ewart" and the suffix -ton, meaning town.

The town's economy prospered particularly from 1957 when ALCAN

Alcan

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. is a Canadian company based in Montreal. It was created on November 15, 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto PLC's Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., and Canadian company Alcan Inc. On the same date, Alcan Inc. was renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Inc..Rio...

 established a bauxite

Bauxite

Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...

 plant nearby. The plant was later transferred to WINDALCO and was closed in early 2009 due to a fall in demand for aluminium as a result of the global recession.

Churches

There are ten churches:

• 7th Day Adventist
• Anglican
• Baptist
  Baptist
  Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
  
  
• Church of Christ
  Church of Christ
  Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ. Historically,...
  
  
• Church of God of Prophecy
  Church of God of Prophecy
  The Church of God of Prophecy is a Christian denomination with beliefs and principles similar to Pentecostal Holiness Christian faith. It is one of five Church of God bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee that descended from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Barney Creek...
  
  
• Gospel Hall
• Gospel Lighthouse
• King Chapel
• Methodist
• Roman Catholic (St. Catherine of Sienna)

Other

There is a police station, a market which was recently reopened following a three year closure for refurbishment. and a post office. There is no library, but a Bookmobile visits regularly.

Road

Ewarton is on the A1 road (Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

 - Lucea

Lucea

Lucea is a coastal town in Jamaica and the capital of the parish of Hanover.- History :Hanover, Jamaica's smallest parish, was founded in 1723...

), which climbs up from Spanish Town

Spanish Town

Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century...

 and Bog Walk

Bog Walk

Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica...

 in the south, enters the town from the south east, passes through the town's central square and continues north towards Moneague

Moneague

Moneague is a small town in Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and Ocho Rios.In the colonial days, the town prospered as a stopover for the rich English on their journey....

 and Saint Ann's Bay. The central square is also the town's transport hub from which ply taxis and buses.

Rail

From 1885 to 1947 Ewarton railway station was the terminus of a 14-mile railway branch line

Railways of Jamaica: Spanish Town to Ewarton

The Spanish Town to Ewarton line was built to serve the citrus growing regions in the interior of Saint Catherine, particularly those around the towns of Bog Walk, Linstead and Ewarton.All external links below are to WikiMapia....

 from Spanish Town

Spanish Town

Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century...

.
In 1947 the section of the line from Linstead

Linstead

Linstead is a town in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica in the West Indies. In 1991 its population was 14,144. It is located 12 mi/19 km NNW of Spanish Town.-Description:...

to Ewarton was deemed unprofitable and closed.

External links

• Aerial view