Jamesville is a

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made up of the outskirts of five towns: DeWitt, LaFayette, Manlius,

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and

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. Jamesville is located in

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, United States, part of the greater Syracuse area.

History

The hamlet was named for early European-American settler James DeWitt. It was settled in the early Federal period after the American Revolutionary War, when the Iroquois tribes had been forced to cede their lands in New York to the United States. The Dr. John Ives House, Saint Mark's Church, and Southwood Two-Teacher School are listed on the

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2007 plant proposal

On January 16, 2007, a

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company, Empire Synfuel LLC, submitted an application for site plan approval for a proposed

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plant in Jamesville. It was to take over the site where the now abandoned Alpha Portland Cement factory once operated. The plant, projected to cost $1.3 billion and create up to 150 jobs, would have converted coal into synthetic natural gas. The proposal faced opposition from area residents and town board members, who were concerned about such environmental issues as the proximity of the village's elementary school. In addition,

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opposed the plant because its releases of

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would contribute to

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. The project was proposed at another site north, in the Town of Scriba. According to the

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, the second proposal was also defeated.Sierra Club, Dewitt Gasification Plant
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Jamesville Reservoir

The Jamesville Reservoir is south of the hamlet.

Jamesville Beach Park Jamesville Beach Park is an Onondaga County park in LaFayette, New York, just south of the hamlet of Jamesville. A lifeguard oversees the 100 yards of waterfront that includes both shallow and deep areas. Activities Jamesville Beach Park offers ...

, a

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park, includes a small beach on the reservoir, several hiking trails and fields. The fields are the site of the annual Jamesville BalloonFest, where dozens of hot-air balloons take to the air in one weekend. Both the reservoir and park are in the Town of

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, a larger jurisdiction that encompasses Jamesville.

Notable people

* Henry A. Barnum,

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veteran and

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recipient *

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, guitarist known for his work with

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on "

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" *

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, former professional basketball player in the

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; son of

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