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2. Petersfield, Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Petersfield is a small town in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. It shares its name with five other places in Jamaica. [2] The town was founded in the 18th century and named after Peter Beckford, a slave owner who settled the Roaring River Estate. [3] Petersfield was a dormitory community for workers on that estate. [citation needed]

3. Gertz (department store) - Wikipedia

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   Gertz was a New York-based department store, headquartered in Jamaica, Queens. Founded in 1918 by Benjamin Gertz, along with his five sons, [1] the company was acquired by Allied Stores in 1941. [2] [3] Gertz department store in Mid-Island Plaza in Hicksville, New York in 1957

4. J.W. Mays - Wikipedia

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   J.W. Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States.From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Putnam County.

5. J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building - Wikipedia

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   J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building is a historic commercial building in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City. It was built in 1931 and is a six-story, steel-frame building with two decorated sides in the Art Deco style. It is three bays by six bays and features a metal-framed windows with stepped pylon motif rising through all four ...

6. Portmore, Saint Catherine - Wikipedia

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   It has since grown into a suburban city to Kingston; its large population travels into Kingston daily for work, schooling, and many other essential services via the Portmore toll road. Portmore was granted Municipality status in 2003 [ 1 ] and has its own city council and mayor, following the British-based model of Jamaican local government. [ 1 ]

7. Westmoreland Parish - Wikipedia

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   Westmoreland has an area of 807 square kilometres (312 sq mi), making it Jamaica's eighth-largest parish. Westmoreland's population of 144,817 is made up of a large percentage of ethnic East Indians, descendants of indentured laborers who came to Jamaica from India to work after Britain abolished slavery in 1834 and the demand for labor remained high.