Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestowne, Williamsburg | |
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Fort (1607) and Town (1619) | |
The ruined tower of the 17th century Jamestown Church; the nave was reconstructed in 1907 on the original foundations | |
Location in eastern Virginia | |
Present country | United States |
State | Virginia |
Historic Country | Kingdom of England |
Colony | Colony of Virginia |
Established | May 14, 1607 |
Abandoned | briefly in 1610; again after 1699 |
Founded by | Virginia Company of London |
Named for | James I |
Jamestown is a former village on the James river in Virginia north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607.
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