Jamestown Island

Jamestown Island is a 1,561-acre in the in , part of . It is located off Glasshouse Point, to which it is connected via a causeway to the Colonial Parkway.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in James City County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “James Iland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pitch and Tar Swamp and Historic Jamestown.

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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America.

Work of art
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The is an obelisk-shaped monument erected in in Jamestown, , commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The monument was installed in 1907.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.

Locality
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The 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 .

Village
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also known as Wharf is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 153. is situated 2 miles southwest of Jamestown Island.

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is a city in southeast . Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring back to its former colonial glory.

Jamestown Island

Latitude
37.20348° or 37° 12′ 13″ north
Longitude
-76.75885° or 76° 45′ 32″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
8795663R+9F
Geo­Names ID
4766520
Wiki­data ID
Q16892810
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Jamestown Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jamestown Island”
  • Polish: “Jamestown”
  • Spanish: “Isla Jamestown”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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