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Welcome to Jim Town (aka 'Jimtown') ...So far, we found very little information about Jim Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Jim Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jim Town, please Contact Us. Jim Town was located Jim Town would have been located within present day Dallas County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Jim Town, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> Jim Town was founded circa 1878. The origin (or the toponymy) of Jim Town: Named after James Jim H. Bumpass (-1903), a druggist who built a store on the northeast corner of current day West Clarendon Drive and South Hampton Road. Time Zone: The area where Jim Town was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Jim Town would have been located in the (214) area code. The community of Jim Town has also been called Jimtown. Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jim Town - it's located in Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jim Town. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jim Town. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jim Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jim Town. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jim Town. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jim Town. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jim Town. See our Newspapers Page for Jim Town. As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Jim Town was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jim Town.
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