Jamestown

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Jamestown, Virginia

Jamestowne, Williamsburg
Fort (1607) and Town (1619)
A small late-Gothic church with a ruined tower
The ruined tower of the 17th century Jamestown Church; the nave was reconstructed in 1907 on the original foundations
Location in eastern Virginia
Location in eastern Virginia
Present country United States
State Virginia
Historic Country Kingdom of England
Colony Colony of Virginia
EstablishedMay 14, 1607
Abandonedbriefly in 1610; again after 1699
Founded byVirginia Company of London
Named forJames 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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