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Welcome to Jamestown ...

Jamestown is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jamestown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Jamestown is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jamestown: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Jamestown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Texas (4), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (2).

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.

  • Dubuque
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Platteville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Platteville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
  • Asbury
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Asbury is located in Dubuque County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,841 people
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Galena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cuba City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cuba City is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
  • Peosta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peosta is located in Dubuque County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peosta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,919 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peosta <4>
  • East Dubuque
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazel Green
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel Green is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
  • Shullsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people

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 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>

From that list, the Jamestown post office opened in 1837. The Jamestown post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jamestown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Grant, 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>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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Jamestown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Jamestown 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>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/