Welcome to Jamestown ...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. Jamestown would have been located within present day Nye County<2>. Jamestown was founded in 1908. While the community is gone, the present day location for Jamestown is 5,550 feet [1,692 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Jamestown is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Jamestown was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Jamestown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Jamestown: This one is located in Nye County and the other is located in Clark County. Beyond Nevada, there are 68 communities that are also named Jamestown - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (4), Idaho (2), Illinois (3), Indiana (3), Iowa (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (4), Texas (4), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jamestown. Communities near Jamestown ...We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Jamestown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jamestown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jamestown. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown. See our Newspapers Page for Jamestown. Adding Jamestown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jamestown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Jamestown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jamestown. Footnotes ...
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