Back جيمستاون (نيويورك) Arabic جيمستاون، نيو يورك ARZ جیمزتاون، نیویورک AZB Jamestown (Nova York) Catalan Джеймстаун (Нью-Йорк) CE Jamestown (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, New York) CEB Jamestown (New York) Czech Jamestown, Efrog Newydd Welsh Jamestown DAG Jamestown (New York) German
Jamestown | |
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 Downtown Jamestown, viewed from Washington Street | |
| Nickname: The Pearl City | |
  Jamestown Location within the state of New York  Jamestown Jamestown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°5′44″N 79°14′19″W / 42.09556°N 79.23861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Chautauqua |
| Founded | 1810 |
| Incorporated (village) | 1827 |
| Incorporated (city) | April 19, 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Kim Ecklund (R) |
| • Common Council | Members' List |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.05 sq mi (23.45 km2) |
| • Land | 8.90 sq mi (23.05 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,378 ft (420 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 28,712 |
| • Density | 3,226.07/sq mi (1,245.66/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 14701, 14702 |
| Area code | 716 |
| FIPS code | 36-38264 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0953925 |
| Website | www |
Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest city in the county. Nearby Chautauqua Lake is a freshwater resource used by fishermen, boaters, and naturalists.
In the 20th century, Jamestown was a thriving industrial area, noted for producing several well-known products. They include the crescent wrench, produced by Karl Peterson's the Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown beginning in 1907.[2] and the automatic lever voting machine, manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Company, which dominated the lever voting machine industry from its location on Jones and Gifford Avenue in Jamestown until its bankruptcy in 1983.[3] Jamestown was also once called the "Furniture Capital of the World" because of the once-thriving furniture industry. People visited from all over the country to attend furniture expositions at the Furniture Mart, a building that still stands in the city and houses offices for a variety of companies. For most of the 20th century, Blackstone Corporation, led by Reginald Lenna, was Jamestown's largest employer and one of the driving cores of the local economy, manufacturing washing machines and automobile components.[4]
Notable people from Jamestown include legendary comedienne Lucille Ball, U.S. Supreme Court justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, musician Natalie Merchant, musician Dennis Drew, musician John Lombardo, naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, NFL head coach Nick Sirianni, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ Crocker, Kathleen; Currie, Jane (2004). Jamestown. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 0-7385-3515-X. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "Made in WNY: Jamestown's Voting Machines". insyte-consulting.com. December 18, 2012. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ Moe, M. Lorimer (1983). Saga from the Hills: A History of the Swedes of Jamestown. Jamestown New York: Fenton Historical Society. pp. 410–413. OCLC 13889399.