Welcome to Jamesville (aka 'Jamaica') ...

So far, we found very little information about Jamesville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jamesville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Jamesville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Jamesville, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Jamesville <3>, we believe that it would have been located within present day Greenwood County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jamesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Time Zone: The area where Jamesville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Jamesville once stood is in the (620) area code.

The community of Jamesville has also been called Jamaica.

Communities Also Named Jamesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Jamesville - they are located in California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jamesville.

Adding Jamesville to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Jamesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jamesville post office opened in 1860.

We also found Jamesville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jamesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jamesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Greenwood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Jamesville is also known as Jamaica. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Jamesville.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/