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 James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.
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- Description: fort and town established in the Virginia Colony
- Postal code: 23081
- Also known as“Jacque Ville”“James Cittie”“James City”“James His Towne”“James Towne”“Jamestown colony”“Jamestown Settlement”“Jamestown, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jamestown Church and Jamestown Tercentennial Monument.
Jamestown Church
Jamestown Church, also known as the Memorial Church…
Historic Jamestown
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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scotland and Surry.
Surry
Surry is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. Surry is situated 6 miles southwest of Jamestown.
Jamestown
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Latitude
37.20892° or 37° 12′ 32″ north
Longitude
-76.7783° or 76° 46′ 42″ west
Open location code
8795665C+HM
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Jamestown” goes by many names.
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مستعمرة جيمس تاونArabic
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ჯეიმზტაუნიGeorgian
ჯეიმსტაუნიGeorgian
ג’יימסטאוןHebrew
जेम्सटाउनHindi
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Jamestown, VirginiaIndonesian
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Colonia di JamestownItalian
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ジェームズタウンJapanese
Jamestown រដ្ឋ VirginiaKhmer
ជេមស៍ថាវន៍, រដ្ឋវឺជីនៀKhmer
제임스타운Korean
IacobopolisLatin
DžeimstaunasLithuanian
Џејмстаун, ВирџинијаMacedonian
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Iacobustūn (Uirginiæ)Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Iacobustūn on FǣmnelandeOld English (ca. 450-1100)
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جیمزتاونPersian
جیمزتاون، ویرجینیاPersian
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JamestownTurkish
Jamestown, VirginiaTurkish
ДжеймстаунUkrainian
جمستوؤںUrdu
جیمز ٹاون، ورجینیاUrdu
JamestownUzbek
JamestownVietnamese
Jamestown, VirginiaVietnamese
JamestownWelsh
Jamestown, VirginiaWelsh
جیمز ٹاؤنWestern Panjabi
جیمز ٹاؤن، ورجینیاWestern Panjabi
JamestownYoruba
Jamestown, VirginiaYoruba
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