Welcome to Jim Town (aka 'Jimtown') ...
So far, we found very little information about Jim Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
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Jim Town was located Jim Town would have been located within present day Dallas County<2>. Jim Town was founded circa 1878. The origin (or the toponymy) of Jim Town: Named after James Jim H. Bumpass (-1903), a druggist who built a store on the northeast corner of current day West Clarendon Drive and South Hampton Road. Time Zone: The area where Jim Town was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Jim Town was located: 214, 469, 945 & 972<3> The community of Jim Town has also been called Jimtown. Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jim Town - it's located in Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jim Town. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jim Town. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jim Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jim Town. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jim Town. 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 Jim Town. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jim Town. See our Newspapers Page for Jim Town. As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Jim Town was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jim Town.
The official website for Dallas County: www.dallascounty.org/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities Also Named Jim Town ...
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X2X - From that list, the Jim Town post office opened in 1878.
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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 Jim Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 214 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 469, 945 or 972. New phone numbers in the Jim Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 214, 469, 945 or 972. As a result, placing a call in the Jim Town area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> 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. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/