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Introduction ...

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

We've added Jamestown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jamestown, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Jamestown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jamestown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Jamestown is historic, it would have been located within present day Hamilton County.

To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hamilton County: Franklin, Gallatin, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne, White & Williamson.

Below are the counties that are near Jamestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown:

  • Hamilton County     (The home county of Jamestown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Dale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Broughton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bungay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Bungay is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bungay
    • Jefferson City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
    • McLeansboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Diamond City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Diamond City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Walpole
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Walpole is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpole
    • Flint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Flint is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
    • Piopolis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Piopolis is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piopolis
    • Belle Prairie City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Prairie City is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Lovilla
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lovilla is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovilla
    • Macedonia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dahlgren
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Edwards County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Ellery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Albion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Top
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Top is located in Edwards County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Akin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Frisco
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Frisco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Thompsonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Taylor Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Taylor Hill is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Hill
    • Parrish
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Parrish is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • Hanaford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hanaford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanaford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
    • Fitt's Hill ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Fitt's Hill is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitt's Hill
    • Ewing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Smothersville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Smothersville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smothersville
    • Steel City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Steel City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel City
    • Whittington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Benton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Deering City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Deering City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering City
  • Gallatin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Omaha
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Elba
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Elba is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
    • New Haven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Inman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Inman is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
    • Equality
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Lawler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lawler is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawler
    • Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Shawneetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bowlesville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bowlesville is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlesville
    • Old Shawneetown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Belle Rive
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bluford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Markham City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Markham City is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham City
    • Opdyke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marlow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Marlow is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
    • Ina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Ina is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <2>
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Texas City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Texas City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas City
    • Saline City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Saline City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
    • Long Branch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Long Branch is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Eldorado
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cornerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornerville is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerville
    • Raleigh
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Bud ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Red Bud is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
    • Wasson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Wasson is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasson
    • Galatia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottage Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cottage Grove is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
    • Muddy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Gaskins City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Gaskins City is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskins City
    • Harrisburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Barnhill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Boyleston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Boyleston is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyleston
    • Fairfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Golden Gate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Sims
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wayne City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Keenes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Geff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jeffersonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • White County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Enfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Norris City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stokes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Stokes is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
    • Springerton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Roland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Roland is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Carmi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Herald
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Emma
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mill Shoals
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Burnt Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Maunie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Crossville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Phillipstown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Phillipstown is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Hartford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartford is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Corinth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Corinth is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
  • Posey County (IN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Savah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Savah is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
    • New Harmony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Solitude
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Solitude is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
    • Hovey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hovey is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
    • Mount Vernon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Springfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Springfield is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
    • Griffin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Griffin is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
    • Bufkin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bufkin is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
    • Oliver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Oliver is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Barrett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Barrett is located in Posey County (IN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
  • Union County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
    • Raleigh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Raleigh is located in Union County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
    • Uniontown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown.

Cemeteries Near Jamestown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jamestown - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jamestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.

  • Webb Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Munsell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Prince Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Enfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Brush Harbor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Arterberry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (391 more) ...
    • Hopkins Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Digby Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clark Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Jamestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jamestown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.

  • Sacramento
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sacramento is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
  • Norris City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Enfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stokes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Stokes is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
  • Logansport ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Logansport is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansport
  • Dale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gossett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gossett is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossett
  • Brownsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Brownsville is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Thackeray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thackeray is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackeray
  • Broughton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
  • Hoodville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hoodville is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Roland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Roland is located in White County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Springerton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • McLeansboro
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown.

Newspapers Published in Jamestown ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jamestown, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jamestown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jamestown:

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 Jamestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jamestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.