Cummingsburg

Cummingsburg
Ward
Cummingsburg
Coordinates: 6°48′59.01″N 58°9′36.12″W / 6.8163917°N 58.1600333°W / 6.8163917; -58.1600333
CountryGuyana
CityGeorgetown
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
2,667

Cummingsburg, or historically Cumingsburg, is a ward in Georgetown, Guyana. It began as 500-acre plantation, La Bourgade about 1759. When Thomas Cumming, a Scotsman, bought the property, he developed a town plan with residential and commercial lots and streets. The town layout was modified after a fire that burnt much of the town in 1864. Today, it is the site of several museums, including a national and anthropological museum.

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