Hastings is a town in the

Western Area Rural District The Western Area Rural District is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. It is located mostly around the peninsula in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. The Western Area Rural District has a 2015 census population of 442,951. The district ...

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. The town had a population of 15,054 (2004 census) and lies approximately 15 miles east of

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, the capital of the country.

Notable residents

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Methodist missionary and immigrant from

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, to Sierra Leone in 1820; his descendants still live in Freetown *

John Ulrich Graf John Ulrich Graf (1811 in Grub – 24 September 24, 1887) was a German missionary for the Church Missionary Society (CMS) who was active in Sierra Leone from 1837–1855. He was involved in the relocation of Yoruba people, Yoruba recaptives to ...

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minister at St Thomas Church, Hastings 1837-1853 *

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Youth chairman, born Sierra Leone

External links

*http://www.hastingshastings.org.uk/ Western Area Neighbourhoods in Freetown Sierra Leone Liberated African villages Populated places established by Sierra Leone Creoles {{SierraLeone-geo-stub