Georgestown | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
 Harris Cottage, Monkstown Rd, built 1833 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| City | St. John's |
| Ward | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Administrative body | St. John's City Council |
| • Councillor | Ophelia Ravencroft |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,732 |
Georgestown is a Neighbourhood Improvement Area in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador a short distance north from downtown of St. John's. This was established in the 1970s as part of an effort by Federal and local government to improve inner cities.[1] Originally what was known as Georgestown village was much smaller and only "extended from Donnelly's Lane to what is now Belvedere Street".[2] The neighbourhood improvement area includes, in addition to the original Georgestown, the former Monkstown and Tubridtown, along with adjoining land, including Circular Road, and Belvedere Street as well as some other parts of the former Belvedere Estate.[3] It is bordered by Military Road (north side), Monkstown Road (both sides), Empire Avenue, a small part of Carpasian Road, the east side of Bonaventure Avenue, and Holy Heart and Brother Rice Schools to the west.[4] It was settled, around 1819, as the city's first suburb.[5] The name is an evolution of "George (Winter)'s Town", as it was known in the 19th century.
The use of the term "town" is indicative of the Irish ancestry of many of the residents of St John's: "[Irish] baile 'a town ... a place'. In place-names, a street or neighbourhood in St John's and other communities on the Avalon Peninsula".[6] Also, in St John's, there is Rabbittown, and Hoylestown.
- ^ "Selection Stage Report: Georgetown Neighbourhood Improvement Program, July 1977".
- ^ Wallace Furlong. Georgestown: An Historic Corner of Old St. John's, Flanker Press, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2004, p.4.
- ^ Furlong, pp. 2-3.
- ^ "Selection Stage Report".
- ^ Furlong, p. 2.
- ^ Seary, Dictionary of Newfoundland English, p. 146.