Jimtown

Jimtown is a hamlet in Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland. Jimtown is situated nearby to the neighborhood Free Farms, as well as near Gateway.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo and Loys Station Covered Bridge.

Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

Park

The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve is a 100-acre zoo and wildlife preserve located on Maryland Route 806 in Thurmont, Maryland, United States. The preserve features safari truck rides that let visitors touch and feed large herbivores in a wooded setting. Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo is situated 2 miles west of Jimtown.

Loys Station Covered Bridge

Bridge

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Loys Station Covered Bridge is a multiple king post wooden covered bridge near Thurmont, Maryland. The bridge was burned by an arsonist in 1991 and rebuilt using surviving framing. Loys Station Covered Bridge is situated 2½ miles east of Jimtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Graceham and Thurmont.

Graceham

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Graceham is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Graceham is home to Graceham Moravian Church and Parsonage.

Thurmont

Photo: Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thurmont is a small town in Frederick County, Maryland. It hosts the Catoctin Colorfest, an arts and crafts festival that draws in about 125,000 people each autumn.

Creagerstown

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Creagerstown is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is playfully known by its residents as "4 miles from everywhere" because of its situation at 4 miles from Thurmont, Woodsboro, Rocky Ridge, and Lewistown. Creagerstown is situated 2 miles southeast of Jimtown.

Jimtown

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Jim Town”
Category: locality
Location: Frederick County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.59927° or 39° 35′ 57″ north

Longitude

-77.39276° or 77° 23′ 34″ west

Elevation

420 feet (128 metres)

Open location code

87F4HJX4+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158573567

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4359463

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