Jamestown Virginia Map

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 low and moist where the James River, a broad, brown artery, begins its final, languid push toward the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 5.7 miles southwest of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of James City. The air here is thick with the scent of salt marsh and damp earth, a persistent perfume that clings to everything. Ancient cypress trees, their knees knobby and exposed like old bones, stand sentinel along the water's edge, their gnarled branches draped with Spanish moss that sways like tattered flags in the almost constant breeze. The land itself is a subtle gradient, a series of shallow hollows and barely perceptible rises, where the sun, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, distorted shadows that stretch and writhe across the low-lying fields, giving the landscape a breathing, almost sentient quality. This is the ground where the very idea of English America first took root, a precarious seedling planted in 1607. For years, survival in Jamestown was a brutal, daily negotiation with hunger, disease, and the unforgiving wilderness, a struggle that etched itself into the very soil. Though the original settlement has long since vanished beneath the encroaching tide and the relentless march of time, the echoes of that desperate endeavor resonate. The modern economy here, far removed from the initial pursuit of gold and the cultivation of tobacco, now centers on agriculture, with vast fields of corn and soybeans stretching toward the horizon, and a burgeoning tourism that draws visitors to ponder the enduring legacy of those first, faltering steps into a new world. The quiet hum of tractors replacing the clang of swords, the weathered faces of farmers holding the same steadfast gaze as the earliest settlers, a continuity in the enduring spirit of this tidal land.

About This Jamestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamestown, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.208203, -76.774126. 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.

Detailed location data for Jamestown includes the ZIP code (23081), telephone area code (804), county seat of James City County (Williamsburg), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Jamestown is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.