[1] Maroon Town is located in the conical Cockpit Country that spans parts of the parishes of St. James, St. Elizabeth and Trelawny.
Farmers in this area invest in ground provisions (including yam) and other staples, but especially bananas.
Bananas have over the years been commercially successful as a profit-making venture in this community and are also a regular staple of locals.
[3] Since then, over the years, many officers complained about the poor state of the barracks and the hospital, as well as the frequent rainfall and dampness.
[4] When scores of Trelawny Maroons returned to Jamaica following the abolition of slavery in the 1830s, many of them settled in the nearby village of Flagstaff.