Jamestown

The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the , about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: fort and town established in the Virginia Colony
  • Also known as: “Colonia di Jamestown”, “Fuerte de Jamestown”, “Jacque Ville”, “James Cittie”, “James City”, “James His Towne”, “James Towne”, “Jamestown colony”, “Jamestown Settlement”, “Jamestown Virginia”, “Jamestowne”, “جيمس تاون”, “جيمسفورت”, and “مستعمرة جيمس تاون”
  • Postal code: 23081

Places of Interest

Highlights: Jamestown Church and Jamestown Tercentennial Monument.

Building
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, constructed in brick from 1639…

Work of art
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The …

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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scotland and Surry.

Village
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also known as Wharf… is situated 2 miles south of Jamestown.

Village
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is an incorporated town in , United States. is situated 6 miles southwest of Jamestown.

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is a city in southeast .

Jamestown

Latitude
37.20892° or 37° 12′ 32″ north
Longitude
-76.7783° or 76° 46′ 42″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8795665C+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4365970644
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
4766510
Wiki­data ID
Q323813
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jamestown, Virginië”
  • Afrikaans: “Jamestown”
  • Albanian: “Jamestown”
  • Arabic: “جيمستاون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ceymstaun”
  • Basque: “Jamestown”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймзтаўн”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймстаўн (Віргінія)”
  • Belarusian: “Джэймстаўн”
  • Breton: “Jamestown”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Catalan: “Jamestown”
  • Chechen: “Джеймстаун”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯敦”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯鎮”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯镇”
  • Czech: “Jamestown”
  • Danish: “Jamestown”
  • Dutch: “Jamestown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “چيمستاون ڤيرچينيا”
  • Esperanto: “Jamestown”
  • Estonian: “Jamestown (Virginia)”
  • Estonian: “Jamestown”
  • Finnish: “Jamestown”
  • French: “Jamestown”
  • Georgian: “ჯეიმზტაუნი”
  • Georgian: “ჯეიმსტაუნი”
  • German: “Jamestown”
  • Hebrew: “ג’יימסטאון”
  • Hebrew: “גיימסטאון”
  • Hindi: “जेम्सटाउन”
  • Hungarian: “Jamestown”
  • Indonesian: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Jamestown”
  • Irish: “Jamestown”
  • Italian: “Jamestown”
  • Japanese: “ジェームズタウン”
  • Khmer: “Jamestown រដ្ឋ Virginia”
  • Khmer: “ជេមស៍ថាវន៍, រដ្ឋវឺជីនៀ”
  • Korean: “제임스타운”
  • Latin: “Iacobopolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Džeimstaunas”
  • Macedonian: “Џејмстаун, Вирџинија”
  • Malagasy: “Jamestown (Virginia)”
  • Malagasy: “Jamestown”
  • Malayalam: “ജയിംസ്ടൌൺ”
  • Malayalam: “ജെയിംസ്ടൗൺ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jamestown”
  • Norwegian: “Jamestown”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Iacobustūn (Uirginiæ)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Iacobustūn on Fǣmnelande”
  • Ossetian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Persian: “جیمزتاون، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “جیمزتاون”
  • Polish: “Jamestown”
  • Portuguese: “Jamestown”
  • Russian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Scots: “Jamestown”
  • Serbian: “Џејмстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jamestown”
  • Slovak: “Jamestown”
  • Slovenian: “Jamestown”
  • Spanish: “Jamestown”
  • Swedish: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Jamestown”
  • Tagalog: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Jamestown”
  • Tamil: “ஜேம்சுடவுன், வர்ஜீனியா”
  • Tamil: “ஜேம்சுடவுன்”
  • Tatar: “Джеймстаун”
  • Turkish: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Jamestown”
  • Ukrainian: “Джеймстаун”
  • Urdu: “جمستوؤں”
  • Urdu: “جیمز ٹاون، ورجینیا”
  • Uzbek: “Jamestown”
  • Vietnamese: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Jamestown”
  • Welsh: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Jamestown”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیمز ٹاؤن، ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیمز ٹاؤن”
  • Yoruba: “Jamestown, Virginia”
  • Yoruba: “Jamestown”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Powhatan Shores and Gate House Farms.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Fort James Cemetery and 1607 James Fort.

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