Nanny Town

Nanny Town
Abandoned Maroon Village
Nanny Town
Coordinates: 18°04′06″N 76°31′27″W / 18.0683°N 76.5242°W / 18.0683; -76.5242[1]
Country	Jamaica
Parish	Saint Thomas
Founded	c1700
Destroyed	1734
Founded by	Nanny

Old Nanny Town was a village in the Blue Mountains of Portland Parish, northeastern Jamaica, used as a stronghold of Jamaican Maroons (escapee slaves). During the early 18th century, the region was led by an Ashanti escapee slave known as Queen Nanny, or Granny Nanny, who gave the town its namesake. The town was steadfast, and held-out against repeated attacks from the colonial militia before being abandoned in 1734.^[2]