Jamaica, IA

Jamaica is a city in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 195 residents. Jamaica is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jamaica was platted in 1882. Near to Jamaica is an octagon barn built in 1881, one of seven in Iowa to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The metal band Slipknot filmed the music video for " Psychosocial " here. A 6,000-square-foot recording studio, Sound Farm, where Slipknot & The Envy Corps recorded their 2008 albums All Hope is Gone and Dwell, is located in Jamaica. The district formed on July 1, 1989, as a merger of the Panora-Linden and Y-J-B school districts. In Jamaica, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Jamaica, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. A local historian named Bruce F.