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Welcome to Jamestown ...

Jamestown is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Jamestown is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jamestown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Jamestown is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Jamestown: 409

Communities Also Named Jamestown ...

While we believe that this Jamestown is located in Newton County, we know of another 3 Texas communities named Jamestown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Smith, Tarrant.

Beyond Texas, 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, Nevada (2), 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), 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 10 communities that are near Jamestown.

  • Jasper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Newton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirbyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Browndell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Browndell is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Shanklerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shanklerville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
  • Wiergate
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Burkeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bleakwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bleakwood is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
  • Sam Rayburn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bon Wier
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Jamestown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jamestown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jamestown ...

Looking for more information about Jamestown? 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 Jamestown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jamestown.

Adding Jamestown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jamestown 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 (so far) for Jamestown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jamestown post office opened in 1911. The Jamestown post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jamestown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jamestown - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/