Jamestown

English +, Saint Helena thumb|Jamestown, Fife, Scotland Etymology From en James town. Proper noun Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions: en capital city terr/Saint Helena. en town r:suf/Mid North s/South Australia. en district city:pref/Accra c/Ghana. en townland cpar/Churchtown co/Westmeath c/Ireland. en townland cpar/Conry co/Westmeath c/Ireland. en small village co/Laois c/Ireland. en village co/Leitrim c/Ireland. en ghost town r/Southland c/New Zealand. en place cc/Scotland: en hamlet south of x/Strathpeffer carea/Highland OS grid ref NH4756. en village in the Vale of Leven, carea/West Dunbartonshire OS grid ref NS3981. en hamlet south of x/Inverkeithing carea/Fife OS grid ref NT1281. en town distmun/Joe Gqabi District Municipality Joe Gqabi p/Eastern Cape c/South Africa. en rural settlement dist/Cape Winelands p/Western Cape c/South Africa. en large number of places c/USA: en former settlement in the colony/Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 and named after King James I of England.168 en Peter C. Mancall Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 2019-11-25 Those hoping to create new settlements had read accounts of earlier European migrants who had established European-style villages near the water, notably along the shores of Chesapeake Bay, where the English had founded Jamestown in 1607. https://web.archive.org/web/20260218112330/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 18 February 2026 en Zoe Sottile Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/02/us/sacred-land-rappahannock-tribe-trnd/index.html 2022-04-02 In 1608, the tribe first encountered and defended their homeland against English settler Captain John Smith, who played an important role in the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia. https://web.archive.org/web/20260327212754/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/02/us/sacred-land-rappahannock-tribe-trnd/index.html 27 March 2026 en CDP co/Tuolumne County s/California. en statutory town co/Boulder County s/Colorado. en ghost town co/Chattahoochee County s/Georgia. en small community co/Ware County s/Georgia. en small town twp/Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana Jackson Township co/Boone County and twp/Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana Eel River Township co/Hendricks County s/Indiana; named after its founder, James Mattock. en unincorporated community twp/Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana Baugo Township co/Elkhart County s/Indiana. en unincorporated community twp/Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana Jamestown Township co/Steuben County s/Indiana. The original name of en New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana. en tiny city co/Cloud County s/Kansas. en community city:pref/Dayton s/Kentucky. en small home rule city/county seat co/Russell County s/Kentucky. en village par/Bienville Parish s/Louisiana. en village co/Moniteau County s/Missouri. en city co/Chautauqua County s/New York; the largest city in the United States with this name; named after early settler James Prendergast.TopoZone: Jamestown, New York en town co/Guilford County s/North Carolina. en city/county seat co/Stutsman County s/North Dakota; the second-largest city in the United States with this name. en village co/Greene County s/Ohio. en ghost town co/Morrow County s/Ohio. en unincorporated community co/Rogers County s/Oklahoma. en borough in co/Mercer County s/Pennsylvania. en town co/Newport County s/Rhode Island; named after King James II of England. TopoZone: Jamestown, Rhode Island en tiny town co/Berkeley County s/South Carolina. en small city/county seat co/Fentress County s/Tennessee. en unincorporated community co/Smith County s/Texas. en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/West Virginia. en town co/Grant County s/Wisconsin. Derived terms en Jamestown Canyon virus en Jamestown weed en Old Jamestown Translations any of several places Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 詹姆斯敦 Esperanto: eo Ĵamestaŭno Georgian: ka ჯეიმსტაუნი Marathi: mr जेम्सटाउन Romanian: ro Jamestown Russian: ru Дже́ймстаун m, ru Джеймста́ун m Spanish: es Jamestown References en eponyms en Colonialism History of the United States Spanish es: Pronunciation yéimstaun Proper noun es capital city terr/Saint Helena Jamestown