Caldwell is a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

located in

Montserrado County Montserrado County is a county in the northwestern portion of the West African nation of Liberia containing its national capital, Monrovia. One of 15 counties that comprise the first-level of administrative division in the nation, it has 17 sub p ...

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

. Caldwell was one of the four townships established in the first wave of colonization (between 1822 and 1827). It is listed as one of the original settlements comprising the Commonwealth of Liberia in the 1839 Constitution, which was drafted by the

American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn peop ...

. The name comes from Elias B. Caldwell and family, about 1816, Presbyterians in what became Caldwell, New Jersey.

Government

In 2018 President

George Weah George Manneh Oppong Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional Association football, footballer who served as the 25th president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. Before his election for the presidency, Weah served ...

appointed Francis Woods as Commissioner for Caldwell.Executive Mansion.
President Weah Makes further Appointments in Government
'' The western parts of Caldwell township (New Georgia Road, Caldwell Community, Central Caldwell) are part of the Montserrado-15 electoral district.National Electoral Commission.
Montserrado County Electoral District No.15 2017
' The eastern parts of Caldwell township (Caldwell Market, Dixville Water Side, Upper Caldwell, Samukai Town and Cassava Hill) are part of the Montserrado-11 electoral district.National Electoral Commission.
Montserrado County Electoral District No.11 2017
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Demographics

Caldwell township is divided into eight communities; Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services.
Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia
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References

{{Authority control City corporations, townships and borough of the Greater Monrovia District Populated places established by Americo-Liberians