Jamestown

fort and town established in the Virginia Colony
Place unincorporated_community Q323813
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Jamestown

Summary

Jamestown is an unincorporated community[1]. Jamestown ranks in the top 0.02% of unincorporated_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,211 views/month, #2 of 10,079).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jamestown is located in Colony of Virginia[3].
  • Jamestown is located in James City County[4].
  • Jamestown is in the country of United States[5].
  • Jamestown's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[6].
  • Jamestown's founder is recorded as Virginia Company[7].
  • James VI and I is named after Jamestown[8].
  • Jamestown's postal code is recorded as 23081[9].
  • Jamestown's Commons category is recorded as Jamestown, Virginia[10].
  • May 1607 marks the founding of Jamestown[11].
  • Jamestown's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.209166666667, 'longitude': -76.7775}[12].
  • Jamestown's significant event is recorded as Indian massacre of 1622[13].
  • Jamestown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jamestown, Virginia[14].
  • Jamestown's Commons gallery is recorded as Jamestown, Virginia[15].
  • Jamestown's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Jamestown's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • Jamestown's capital of is recorded as Colony of Virginia[18].
  • Jamestown's category for people who died here is recorded as Q55908821[19].

Body

Geography

Jamestown is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include Colony of Virginia[3], a crown colony[20], in Kingdom of England[21], founded in 1607[22] and James City County[4], a county of Virginia[23], in United States[24], founded in 1634[25].

Designation and Status

Jamestown's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[6].

History and Context

May 1607 marks the founding of Jamestown[11]. James VI and I is named after Jamestown[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Jamestown include Jamestown[26], a city in the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1872[29].

Why It Matters

Jamestown ranks in the top 0.02% of unincorporated_community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,211 views/month, #2 of 10,079).[2] Jamestown has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Jamestown is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Jamestown include Jamestown[26], a city in the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1872[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Openstreetmap node id → 4365970644
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 4365970644, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/4365970644 in United States"
  2. 22w ago · Steveprutz · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Founder → Virginia Company
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work
    Aliases → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Jamestown Virginia in 1622 Conquestofvirg1939sams 0590.jpg"
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