Jamestown
Unincorporated community
Jamestown is located in Illinois
Jamestown
Jamestown
Location of Jamestown within Illinois
Jamestown is located in the United States
Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°44′02″N 89°30′52″W / 38.73389°N 89.51444°W / 38.73389; -89.51444[1]
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyClinton
Elevation
[1]
509 ft (155 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID411033[1]

Jamestown is an unincorporated community located in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.

History

The first settlement near Jamestown was made in 1817 by John King and his brother-in-law.[2] In the 1840s and 1850s, many German farmers settled in the area. Jamestown itself was founded on June 4, 1850, by William Lenox and James Massey. In 2020, Cameron Modesitt became the mayor and Gavin Modesitt the treasurer. Tina's Tavern has a weekly town hall meeting to determine the future gatherings of the town.[2]

Churches

There is one church in Jamestown, the St. Paul United Church of Christ. It was founded and constructed by the residents in Jamestown and surrounding areas as the St. Paul's Evangelical Church in 1908. It was primarily a German-speaking church upon its founding due to the demographics at that time, but over the next decades gradually held more and more services in English.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jamestown, Illinois
  2. 1 2 History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois, Brink, McDonough & Co., 1881
  3. ↑ St. Paul U.C.C. 1908-2008


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