Downtown - between King's Wharf and Library Corner
Paradise
Les Effort East and Les Effort West
Mon Repos
The Old Suburbs
Vistabella
St. Joseph Village
Pleasantville
Cross Crossing
Southern suburbs
Cross Crossing, including Green Acres
Union Hall Gardens
Coconut Drive
Palmiste
Hermitage
La Romain
Gulf View
Bel Air
Northern suburbs
Marabella, including Gopaul Lands
Tarouba
Cocoyea
SAN FERNANDO HISTORICAL TIMELINE
1595 Sir Walter Raleigh encounters "Anaparima"
1792 San Fernando is christened
"San Fernando de Naparima"
1818 Fire destroyed the entire city
1845 Arrival of SS Lady Mc Leod.
1853 San Fernando elevated to a Borough
1854 A wooden Town Hall Erected.
1864 Arrival of Canadian Presbyterian Missionaries
1866 First oil well drilled in San Fernando
1870 First sitting of the Supreme Court in San Fernando
1871 Opening of a Mission School on Cipero Street by the Presbyterians
1872 Opening of the Susamachar
"Glad Tidings" Presbyterian Church
1880 Visit to San Fernando by Princes Albert and George
1882 (a) Rail service between San Fernando and Princes Town
inaugurated.
(b) Hosay Massacre at Mon Repos.
1896 Borough lighted by kerosene lamps.
1898 Telephone system installed
1912 Formation of Naparima Girls' High School.
1919 Opening of Carnegie Free Library
1922 Formation of a branch of Coterie of Social Workers.
1923 Borough received electricity
1924 New Fish Market Built
1927 Salvation Army Hall opened on Coffee Street.
1928 New Abattoir opened.
Year HISTORICAL FACTS
1930 (a) Gift of Skinner Park given to San Fernandians (b) First bus service inaugurated in the Borough. (c) Boundaries of the Borough extended. (d) Laying of the corner stone for new Town Hall. (e) Supreme Court Constructed
1931 New Town Hall opened
1932 Dedication of Susamachar Presbyterian Church.
1939 Construction of the Mon Repos Housing Scheme.
1940 (a) Construction of San Fernando By Pass (b) Construction of Grant Memorial School
1948 San Fernando born Rodney Wilkes, national weightlifter and T&T first Olympic (silver) medalist.
1952 The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was brought from India and erected on Harris Promenade
1955 New Hospital officially opened in February
1956 Building of Pleasantville Housing Estate
1962 Opening of Naparima Bowl.
1966 Chinese Community of San Fernando presented The Library Clock to the People of
San Fernando.
1975 Construction of San Fernando Boys RC School.
1988 San Fernando officially declared Trinidad and Tobago's second city.
Downtown - between King's Wharf and Library Corner
Paradise
Les Effort East and Les Effort West
Mon Repos
The Old Suburbs
Vistabella
St. Joseph Village
Pleasantville
Cross Crossing
Southern suburbs
Cross Crossing, including Green Acres
Union Hall Gardens
Coconut Drive
Palmiste
Hermitage
La Romain
Gulf View
Bel Air
Northern suburbs
Marabella, including Gopaul Lands
Tarouba
Cocoyea
SAN FERNANDO HISTORICAL TIMELINE
1595 Sir Walter Raleigh encounters "Anaparima"
1792 San Fernando is christened
"San Fernando de Naparima"
1818 Fire destroyed the entire city
1845 Arrival of SS Lady Mc Leod.
1853 San Fernando elevated to a Borough
1854 A wooden Town Hall Erected.
1864 Arrival of Canadian Presbyterian Missionaries
1866 First oil well drilled in San Fernando
1870 First sitting of the Supreme Court in San Fernando
1871 Opening of a Mission School on Cipero Street by the Presbyterians
1872 Opening of the Susamachar
"Glad Tidings" Presbyterian Church
1880 Visit to San Fernando by Princes Albert and George
1882 (a) Rail service between San Fernando and Princes Town
inaugurated.
(b) Hosay Massacre at Mon Repos.
1896 Borough lighted by kerosene lamps.
1898 Telephone system installed
1912 Formation of Naparima Girls' High School.
1919 Opening of Carnegie Free Library
1922 Formation of a branch of Coterie of Social Workers.
1923 Borough received electricity
1924 New Fish Market Built
1927 Salvation Army Hall opened on Coffee Street.
1928 New Abattoir opened.
Year HISTORICAL FACTS
1930 (a) Gift of Skinner Park given to San Fernandians (b) First bus service inaugurated in the Borough. (c) Boundaries of the Borough extended. (d) Laying of the corner stone for new Town Hall. (e) Supreme Court Constructed
1931 New Town Hall opened
1932 Dedication of Susamachar Presbyterian Church.
1939 Construction of the Mon Repos Housing Scheme.
1940 (a) Construction of San Fernando By Pass (b) Construction of Grant Memorial School
1948 San Fernando born Rodney Wilkes, national weightlifter and T&T first Olympic (silver) medalist.
1952 The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was brought from India and erected on Harris Promenade
1955 New Hospital officially opened in February
1956 Building of Pleasantville Housing Estate
1962 Opening of Naparima Bowl.
1966 Chinese Community of San Fernando presented The Library Clock to the People of
San Fernando.
1975 Construction of San Fernando Boys RC School.
1988 San Fernando officially declared Trinidad and Tobago's second city.