Do you know of Jamestown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Jamestown. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Jamestown.
We found mention of Jamestown as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Conecuh County, Alabama.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1873.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Jamestown ...
We found 66 communities that share the name Jamestown.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Jamestown.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 65 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 65 communities, 65 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jamestown [Cherokee County].
- Cherokee County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Tuolumne County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Jamestown [Tuolumne County].
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Jamestown [Boulder County].
- Florida
- Seminole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Jamestown [Seminole County].
- Georgia
- Chattahoochee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jamestown [Chattahoochee County].
- Clinch County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jamestown [Clinch County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jamestown [Newton County].
- Ware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jamestown [Ware County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Jamestown [Bingham County].
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Jamestown [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jamestown [Clinton County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jamestown [Hamilton County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jamestown [Perry County].
- Indiana
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jamestown [Boone County].
- Elkhart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jamestown [Elkhart County].
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jamestown [Steuben County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jamestown [Cloud County].
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jamestown [Russell County].
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Jamestown [Bienville Parish].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Cass County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jamestown [Cass County].
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jamestown [Ottawa County].
- Mississippi
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jamestown [Marion County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jamestown [Chautauqua County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Jamestown.
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jamestown [Guilford County].
- North Dakota
- Stutsman County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Jamestown [Stutsman County].
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jamestown [Columbiana County].
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jamestown [Greene County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jamestown [Hancock County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jamestown [Knox County].
- Morrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jamestown [Morrow County].
- Oklahoma
- Rogers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Jamestown [Rogers County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jamestown [Cambria County].
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jamestown [Carbon County].
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jamestown [Mercer County].
- Rhode Island
- Newport County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Jamestown [Newport County].
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jamestown [Berkeley County].
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jamestown [Florence County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jamestown [Horry County].
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jamestown [Fentress County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jamestown [Rutherford County].
- Tipton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jamestown [Tipton County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jamestown [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jamestown [Newton County].
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jamestown [Smith County].
- Tarrant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jamestown [Tarrant County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Clallam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Jamestown [Clallam County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jamestown [Grant County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jamestown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Jamestown:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Conecuh County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Conecuh County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Jamestown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |