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Jordantown, Nova Scotia

Coordinates: 44°35′6.32″N 65°47′5.13″W / 44.5850889°N 65.7847583°W / 44.5850889; -65.7847583 (Jordantown, Nova Scotia)
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Jordantown
Community
Jordantown is located in Nova Scotia
Jordantown
Jordantown
Location of Jordantown, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°35′6.32″N 65°47′5.13″W / 44.5850889°N 65.7847583°W / 44.5850889; -65.7847583
CountryCanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
CountyDigby
Municipal DistrictDigby

Jordantown, is an African Canadian community, originally named Brindley Town, in Nova Scotia, Canada, located in The Municipality of the District of Digby in Digby County.

Members of the community can trace their ancestral roots back over 200 years when black people first came to Nova Scotia as Black Loyalists who joined British colonial forces during the American Revolutionary War.

44°35′6.32″N 65°47′5.13″W / 44.5850889°N 65.7847583°W / 44.5850889; -65.7847583 (Jordantown, Nova Scotia)

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