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
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
St. James Town
St. James Town (sometimes misspelled St. Jamestown) is a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies in the northeast corner of the Downtown Toronto, downtown area. The neighbourhood covers the area bounded by Jarvis Street to the west, Blo ...
, 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
Populated places in ...
, 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 ...
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
Martins Bay is an indentation in the southwest coast of New Zealand's South Island. It lies immediately to the south of Big Bay and some 30 kilometres north of the mouth of Milford Sound at the northern tip of Fiordland. The Hollyford River rea ...
*Jamestown, the name of a former town on the edge of Morton Bay on Nevis 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 ...
Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire
Jamestown ( gd, Baile Sheumais (IPA: paləˈheːməʃ, sco, Jeamstoun) is a village in the Vale of Leven conurbation in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Located on the east bank of the River Leven, it is sandwiched between Balloch to the north ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
History
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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
** 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 ...
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, ...
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
Other uses
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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
* ''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
* ''Jamestown'' (TV series), a 2017 British television series
* ''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
* 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