Jamestown often refers to:
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Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James (Powhatan) River about southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. It was ...
, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas
Jamestown may also refer to
Places
Australia
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Jamestown, South Australia
Jamestown is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia north of Adelaide. It lies on the banks of the Belalie Creek and on the Crystal Brook-Broken Hill railway line between Gladstone and Peterborough, and ultimately on the main line lin ...
Barbados
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Holetown
Holetown (UN/LOCODE: BB HLT), is a small city located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.
History
In 1625, Holetown (formerly as St. James Tow ...
, Saint James, Barbados; sometimes called its founding name, Jamestown
Canada
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Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown
Smithfield is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some new residents of Toronto and new immigrants to Canada are attracted to this neighbourhood, mainly because there is a large amount of affordable public housing. It ...
, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario commonly referred to as Smithfield
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St. James Town, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario
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Jamestown, Newfoundland and Labrador
Jamestown is a village located northeast of Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It had a population of 143 in 1940 and a population of 149 in 1956.
See also
* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador
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, a former settlement
Ghana
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Jamestown, Ghana
Located directly east of the Korle Lagoon, Jamestown and Usshertown are the oldest districts of Accra, Ghana and emerged as communities around the 17th century British James Fort and Dutch Ussher Fort on the Gulf of Guinea coast. These districts ...
, a district of the city of Accra
Ireland
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Jamestown, Churchtown, a townland in
Churchtown civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath
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Jamestown, Conry, a townland in
Conry civil parish, barony of Rathconrath, County Westmeath
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Jamestown, County Laois
Jamestown () is a small village on a crossroads between Ballybrittas in County Laois and Monasterevin in County Kildare, in Ireland.
The local gaelic football team, Jamestown GAA
Jamestown GAA was a Gaelic football club in Jamestown, Count ...
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Jamestown, County Leitrim
Jamestown () is a village on the banks of the River Shannon in the south of County Leitrim, Ireland. It lies some 5 km east-south-east of the county town, Carrick-on-Shannon. It was named after James VI & I, King James VI & I.
Jamestown wa ...
Malaysia
* Jamestown, an alternate name for
Bayan Lepas
Bayan Lepas is a town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located within the Southwest Penang Island District, near the southeastern tip of Penang Island. Founded in the 19th century, Bayan Lepas has various industries. History
Bayan Lep ...
, Penang
New Zealand
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Jamestown, New Zealand, an abandoned settlement in northern Fiordland
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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Jamestown, Saint Helena
Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is also the historic main settlement of the island and is on ...
, a harbour and the capital of Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
*Jamestown, the name of a former town on the edge of Morton Bay on
Nevis
Nevis is a small island in the Caribbean Sea that forms part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies. Nevis and the neighbouring island of Saint Kitts constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Ne ...
in the late 17th century
South Africa
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Jamestown, Eastern Cape
Jamestown is a town on the N6 national road 58 km south of Aliwal North and 105 km north of Komani (formerly Queenstown) in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is at the centre of a fertile sheep ...
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Jamestown, Western Cape
Jamestown, also known as Webersvallei ("Weber's Valley"), is a quiet rural settlement on the southern outskirts of Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated next to Blaauwklippen Vin ...
United Kingdom
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Jamestown, Easter Ross, Scotland
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Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Jamestown, Fife, Scotland
United States
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Jamestown, California
Jamestown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 3,433 at the 2010 census, up from 3,017 at the 2000 census. Formerly a California Gold Rush town, Jamestown is now a California Hist ...
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Jamestown, Colorado
The historic Town of Jamestown is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 274 at the 2010 United States Census. It was named for James Smith, an early discoverer of gold.Jamestown, Georgia Jamestown is an extinct town in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It co ...
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Jamestown, Indiana
Jamestown is a town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. The population was 958 at the 2010 census.
History
Jamestown was established in 1830, and was platted in 1832. The town ...
, in Boone County
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Jamestown, Elkhart County, Indiana
Jamestown (also known as Jimtown) is an unincorporated community in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
History
Jamestown was officially established as a village in 1835, a few years after eight families formed a settlement at the location, ...
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Jamestown, Steuben County, Indiana
Jamestown is an unincorporated community in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 5 ...
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Jamestown, Kansas
Jamestown is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 237.
History
Jamestown was founded in 1878, and was incorporated as a city in 1883. It was named for either Senator James Pomero ...
* Jamestown, Kentucky, in Campbell County (now part of
Dayton, Kentucky
The City of Dayton, Kentucky, is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city along a bend of the Ohio River in Campbell County, Kentucky, Campbell County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 5,338 at the 2010 United States Censu ...
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Jamestown, Kentucky
Jamestown is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Russell County, Kentucky, Russell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the county seat, seat of its county. The population was 1,794 at the 2010 U.S. census.
Geography
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, in Russell County
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Jamestown, Louisiana
Jamestown is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 139 at the 2010 census and 130 in 2017.
Jamestown is west of Kepler Lake.
Notable people
* Harvey Locke Carey, Louisiana lawyer and politician, spent his ...
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Jamestown, Missouri
Jamestown is a village in northeastern Moniteau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 386 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Jamestown had its start in 1846 when E. ...
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Jamestown, New Mexico
Jamestown is an unincorporated community located along Interstate 40 in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. El Paso Natural Gas Company built a refinery at the Continental Divide in New Mexico around the area of 35.48698357712149, -108.4 ...
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Jamestown, New York
Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest pop ...
, the largest American city bearing the name
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Jamestown, North Carolina
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Jamestown, North Dakota, the second largest city bearing the name
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Jamestown, Ohio, a village
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Jamestown, Morrow County, Ohio Jamestown is a ghost town in Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, i ...
, a ghost town
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Jamestown, Oklahoma
Jamestown is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Rogers County, Oklahoma, Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 10 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census, at which time it was a town; the community disin ...
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Jamestown, Pennsylvania
Jamestown is a borough in northwestern Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Shenango River. The population was reported as 580 on the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
History
The town was fo ...
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Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island in the United States. The population was 5,559 at the 2020 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay. It also includes the u ...
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Jamestown, South Carolina
Jamestown is a town in Berkeley County, South Carolina, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 72 at the 2010 census.
Jamestown is included within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.
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Jamestown, Tennessee
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Jamestown, Texas, an unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas
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Jamestown, Virginia
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James (Powhatan) River about southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg. It was ...
, the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States
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Jamestown Settlement, the living history museum reconstruction of the town
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Historic Jamestowne
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia and operated as ...
, the archaeological site of the original town
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Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Reservation
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of S'Klallam or Klallam Native Americans. They are on the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington state in the northwestern United States.
History
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe was f ...
, an Indian reservation in Washington
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Jamestown, West Virginia
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Jamestown, Wisconsin
Jamestown is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,077 at the 2000 census. The census-designated places of Kieler, Wisconsin, Kieler and Sandy Hook, Wisconsin, Sandy Hook and the unincorpora ...
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James Town, Wyoming
James Town is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 536 at the 2010 census.
Geography
James Town is located at (41.559859, -109.531421).
According to the United States Census Bureau, ...
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Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana
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Jamestown Charter Township, Michigan
Jamestown Charter Township is a charter township of Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2021, the township had an estimated population of 9,923 people.
Communities
* Forest Grove – near Jamestown
* Gitchel – the area settled ...
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Jamestown Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Jamestown Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 628 as of the 2000 census.
History
Jamestown Township was organized in 1858, and named after Jamestown, Virginia.
Geography
According to the U ...
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Jamestown Dam
The Jamestown Dam is a rolled-earth dam spanning the James River in Stutsman County in the U.S. state of North Dakota, serving the primary purpose of flood control. It is north of the city of Jamestown, North Dakota. Built from April 1952 to Septe ...
, a dam in North Dakota
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Jamestown (horse)
Jamestown (1928–1953) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by George D. Widener, Jr., an Exemplar of Racing described by the '' Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' newspaper as "one of thoroughbred racing's most respe ...
, American Champion racehorse
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''Jamestown'' (ship), a large sailing ship carrying valuable lumber which was abandoned and ran aground off
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
in 1881
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''Jamestown'' (TV series), a 2017 British television series
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''Jamestown'' (video game), a shoot-'em-up video game set in a steampunk alternate universe in which Jamestown Colony is settled on Mars
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Indian massacre of 1622
The Indian massacre of 1622, popularly known as the Jamestown massacre, took place in the English Colony of Virginia, in what is now the United States, on 22 March 1622. John Smith, though he had not been in Virginia since 1609 and was not an ey ...
, often referred to as the Jamestown Massacre, in the Virginian town of Jamestown
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USS ''Jamestown'', any one of a number of United States Navy vessels
* "Jamestown", a song by The Movielife from the album ''
Forty Hour Train Back to Penn'' (2003)
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Jamestown Foundation
The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative defense policy think tank. Founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors, its stated mission today is to inform and educate policy makers about events and trends, which ...
, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank
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Jamestown Revival
Jamestown Revival is an American folk duo made up of Zach Chance and Jonathan Clay. The childhood friends from Magnolia, Texas, write songs about everyday life that are a combination of harmonies that merge Southern country, Americana and Wester ...
, a folk, folk rock, and Americana duo from Magnolia, Texas
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Old Jamestown, Missouri
Old Jamestown is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 19,184 at the 2010 census. Old Jamestown is northwest of the city of St. Louis and borders the Missouri River.
Geography
According ...
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Jameston
Jameston (also spelled Jamestown) is a village in the parish and community of Manorbier, south Pembrokeshire, Wales, northwest of Manorbier. The population in 2011 was 634.
Description
Jameston is on an intersection of several minor roads an ...
, Pembrokeshire
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