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
Area Code for Jimtown: 580
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.
- Marietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Muenster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lindsay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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.<4> 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 <3>
- 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.<4> 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 <3>
- 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.<4> 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 <3>
- Burneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Illinois Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Petersburg
- From Jimtown to Petersburg
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.<6>
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.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Love, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jimtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |