Jamaica is the central village and a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in the town of Jamaica, Windham County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 174, compared to 1,005 in the entire town. The CDP is in northwestern Windham County, in the center of the town of Jamaica. It sits on the eastern side of the

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in the valley of Ball Mountain Brook where it joins the West River, a southeast-flowing tributary of the

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. Jamaica State Park is on the West River on the northern edge of the village. Ball Mountain rises to the north over the West River, while College Hill rises to the west. Vermont Routes 30 and 100 pass concurrently through the center of Jamaica. Route 30 leads northwest over the Green Mountains to Manchester Center and southeast down the West River valley to Brattleboro, while Route 100 leads north to Londonderry and south to Wilmington.

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Populated places in Windham County, Vermont Census-designated places in Windham County, Vermont Census-designated places in Vermont {{Vermont-geo-stub