This is Jamestown Island

This is Jamestown Island

Arrival at Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center and parking area

Jamestown Island

Jamestown Island

The woodland and marsh beyond the water is Jamestown Island, a pear-shape area of some 1,500 acres, being about 2 ½ miles in length. It is separated from the mainland by Back Creek. In more recent times the ...

Jamestown Veterans Monument

For all who proudly serve in our armed forces

Marker is on French Santee Road (U.S. 45), on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jamestown, Virginia

England established its first permanent American settlement in Jamestown, Virginia over four hundred years ago. King James told the colonists to find a safe place then, search for gold.

What this first group of men and boys found was a piece ...

Jamestown

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This African American community, which flourished here for 70 years, has its origins in a 105-acre tract bought in 1870 by former slave Ervin James (1815-1872). James, determined to own his own farm instead of being dependent on ...

Jamestown Island

Jamestown island formed many thousands of years ago from a series of shoals along the James River. When colonists arrived in 1607, an isthmus connected the island to the mainland, and a “paradise” of virgin hardwoods covered the land.

By 1800, ...

A Diverse Jamestown Household 1620-1640

By 1624, William Peirce, a “beloved friend” of governor Francis Wyatt, built a house – “one of the fairest in Virginia” – on this lot. Peirce, captain of the governor’s guard and the colony’s cape merchant, also served as lieutenant ...

Foundations at Jamestown

The remains of Jamestown now lie buried beneath the ground. Archeologists have unearthed some of the known town site, but the original foundations of structures would erode quickly if left exposed to wind, weather, and acid rain. The foundations have ...

Interpreting Jamestown

In 1934, the National Park Service acquired 1,500 acres of Jamestown Island, including New Towne. Since then, the NPS has used different methods to tell visitors about the town. After archaeologists unearthed numerous structures with brick foundations and cellars, they ...

A Jamestown Warehouse 1630s-1699

That at last Christmas we had trading here ten ships from London, two from Bristoll, twelve Hollanders, and seven from New-England.

A Perfect Description of Virginia, 1649

Jamestown’s waterfront property was prime real estate. Governor Harvey wrote “that there was not one ...