Jamestown, Kansas

**Jamestown** is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 237 people lived there.

## History

Jamestown was created in 1878. It was incorporated as a city in 1883. It was named after either Senator James Pomeroy, or James P. Pomeroy, a railroad official.  A post office was opened in Alva (a ghost town) in 1871, but it was moved to Jamestown in 1878.  The town moved itself to the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

### 1911 fire

In 1911 the entire downtown business area was destroyed by a fire. Few records remain of that fire, but the townspeople rebuilt the downtown commercial area.

### 2000 fire

On January 28, 2000, another fire burned several buildings on Main Street. It spread to the city hall. The town rebuilt.  Mayor Judy Hill said, "A fire like that can destroy a small town, but instead it ignited a community spirit here." In a few days, Jamestown was having town meetings to make plans for the future.

## Geography

Jamestown is at  (39.599548, -97.861255). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 237 people, 105 households, and 72 families living in Jamestown. Of the households, 83.8% owned their home and 16.2% rented their home.

The median age was 43.8 years. Of the people, 92.4% were White, 1.3% were Native American, 0.4% were Asian, and 5.9% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 286 people, 126 households, and 84 families living in Jamestown.

## Media

The _Jamestown Settler_ was a newspaper that was published from 1977 until 1983. It published once per week.  Other papers were published from time to time, including _The Kansas Optimist_ from 1904 until 1965 and _The Quill_ from 1888-1890.

## Other websites

- City
- Jamestown - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 333, local school district
- Articles
- Judy Hill - Jamestown, Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development
- Maps
- Jamestown City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Jamestown, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Jamestown Welcome Sign.jpg
- **image caption**: Welcome sign, north of town (2011)
- **image map**: Cloud_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Jamestown_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Cloud County, Kansas, Cloud County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Cloud Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Cloud County, Kansas, Cloud County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Cloud County, Kansas, Cloud
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1878
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1883
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.29
- **area land sq mi**: 0.29
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 0.76
- **area land km2**: 0.76
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1434
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 237
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 66948
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-34975
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2395454