Jamestown Pennsylvania Map

About Jamestown, Pennsylvania

Jamestown is a locality in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. Jamestown is located at 40.8443°N, 75.7110°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16134.

Jamestown rests in a hollow, where the land begins its slow, deliberate climb towards the ridges that cradle it. It lies 15.9 miles east-south-east of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 120°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-north-west of Palmerton. The houses, mostly modest clapboard and brick, seem to huddle together, their roofs a patchwork of muted grays and browns against the persistent green of the surrounding Pennsylvania hills. A faint scent of damp earth and woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a comforting, primal perfume that speaks of seasons past and present. The creek that bisects Jamestown, a lively, chattering artery in the spring thaw, dwindles to a more thoughtful murmur by late summer, its banks often fringed with ferns and the occasional tenacious wild rose. The veins of coal that once pulsed beneath this land are now largely dormant, but their legacy is deeply etched into the character of Jamestown. The rough-hewn stone of older buildings, some of them bearing the sturdy, no-nonsense architecture of a bygone industrial era, still stands as a quiet testament to the generations who worked the mines and mills. While the clang of machinery has faded, a resilient spirit endures, a quiet pride in the tenacity of this place. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in small businesses and the steady flow of traffic on the nearby highways, but the echo of its industrial past is a constant whisper in the wind that sweeps down from the forested slopes.

About This Jamestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamestown, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.844258, -75.711023. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Jamestown and Carbon County.

Detailed location data for Jamestown includes the ZIP code (15946), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Carbon County (Jim Thorpe), and school district assignment (Jamestown Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Jamestown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.