Jamestown Virginia Map
Jamestown, Virginia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Jamestown, James City County.
Interactive Map of Jamestown, Virginia
| City | Jamestown |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | James City |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.208203 |
| Longitude | -76.774126 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown is a locality in James City County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Jamestown is located at 37.2082°N, 76.7741°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23081.
Jamestown lies where the James River, wide and slow, begins its patient embrace of the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 5.7 miles south-west of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of James City. The land here is a gentle, alluvial plain, a soft green velvet worn smooth by centuries of wind and water. Cypress knees, like ancient knuckles, rise from the marshy edges of brackish creeks, and the air, especially after a rain, carries the faint, briny tang of the sea, mingling with the sweet, damp scent of loam and decaying leaves. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, spills in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the reeds that rustle with a sound like whispered secrets, and casting long, dancing shadows from the skeletal branches of winter trees. This is a place where history breathes, not with the clamor of a battlefield, but with the quiet persistence of tides. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, was born of ambition and hardship, a fragile outpost against a vast, unknown continent. Its early economy, a desperate struggle for survival, eventually found footing in the cultivation of tobacco, a crop that would shape the fortunes and destinies of this region for generations. Though the original settlement has long since faded, its echoes resonate in the reconstructed palisades and the hushed reverence of the historic sites, drawing visitors to ponder the courage and the cost of those first endeavors. The modern landscape, though marked by the passage of time, still carries the imprint of that foundational struggle, a subtle reminder of the tenacious spirit that first claimed this patch of riverfront.
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About This Jamestown Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Jamestown, Virginia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 James City County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Jamestown is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Jamestown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
