Welcome to Jimtown ...

Jimtown is located in Love County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jimtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Jimtown is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jimtown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Jimtown is located in the (580) area code.

Communities Also Named Jimtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Jimtown - they are located in California, Delaware, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky (3), Maryland, Missouri (2), Montana, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (3), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Jimtown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jimtown.

• Gainesville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Gainesville is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,876 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gainesville <4>
• Marietta
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Love County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,751 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <4>
• Muenster
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muenster
  • Muenster is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muenster <4>
• Lindsay
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Lindsay is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,159 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <4>
• Saint Jo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Jo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
  • Saint Jo is located in Montague County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <4>
• Thackerville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackerville
  • Thackerville is located in Love County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thackerville <4>
• Leon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Leon is located in Love County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <4>
• Burneyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burneyville
  • Burneyville is located in Love County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burneyville <4>
• Illinois Bend
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
  • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
• Marysville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jimtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jimtown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jimtown. 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 Jimtown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jimtown. See our Newspapers Page for Jimtown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jimtown ...

Looking for more information about Jimtown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Jimtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jimtown.

Adding Jimtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jimtown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jimtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Jimtown post office opened in 1884.

We also found Jimtown on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jimtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jimtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/