Jamestown Kentucky Map

About Jamestown, Kentucky

Jamestown is a locality in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,867. The population density is 204.9 people per km². Jamestown is located at 36.9848°N, 85.0630°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jamestown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42629.

Jamestown marks the intersection of limestone ridges and the quiet, persistent flow of the Town Branch, which carves a narrow path through the earth before the land yields to the expansive reach of Lake Cumberland. It lies 26.4 miles west-southwest of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 254°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Russell Springs. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the deep woods, where the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, honeyed bars that catch the silver-gray bark of native hardwoods. To the east, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains loom against the sky, grounding the horizon in a stillness that feels as old as the bedrock itself. Within the immediate reach of the landscape, Jamestown City Park provides a necessary clearing, a space where the dense, tangled undergrowth of the region gives way to open turf and the simple geometry of maintained paths.

Economic life in Jamestown has long been tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the surrounding timber, with the nearby, shadowed depths of Jack Hollow serving as a reminder of the rugged, unforgiving terrain that once defined early settlement. The patterns of local industry have evolved from the foundational labor of the frontier into a quieter, steady commerce that moves in sync with the lake’s seasonal visitors and the needs of the surrounding agricultural tracts. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the slow, deliberate pace of the streets and the way the vernacular speech softens the edges of a conversation, echoing a time when self-reliance was the only currency that mattered. Even today, the presence of the water and the proximity of the wilderness dictate the character of the day, ensuring that Jamestown remains a place where the modern world is measured against the persistent, unyielding gravity of the land.

About This Jamestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamestown, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.98479, -85.06301. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jamestown includes the ZIP code (42629), telephone area code (270), county seat of Russell County (Jamestown), and school district assignment (Russell County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.