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Jamestown was established in 1830, and was platted in 1832. [4] The town was named for its founder, James Mattock. [5] The town served as the original county seat of Boone County until 1831 when the legislature required that the county seat be moved towards the center of the district. In 1869, the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway ...
778 ft (237 m) ZIP code. 46517. FIPS code. 18-37710 [2] GNIS feature ID. 436932 [1] Jamestown (also known as Jimtown) is an unincorporated community in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana .
The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [1] It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.), [2] and ...
The ships made it to Jamestown on May 23rd to find only 60 starving colonists, and chose to abandon the colony. Patience and Deliverance (castaways from Bermuda and Sea Venture) Henry Bagwell. Mistress Maria Thorowgood Buck [additional citation (s) needed] Richard Buck. William Capps. Edward Eason. Mistress Eason.
Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana. / 41.73083°N 85.02861°W / 41.73083; -85.02861. Jamestown Township is one of twelve townships in Steuben County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,269, up from 3,249 at 2010 [3], and it contained 2,724 housing units.
Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as well as colony-wide trends resulting from and affecting the town ...
Boone County is part of Indiana's 4th and 5th congressional districts, Indiana Senate districts 21 and 23, [19] and Indiana House of Representatives districts 28, 38 and 87. [20] Prior to 1940, Boone County was a Democratic-leaning swing county in presidential elections, backing the national winner in every election from 1912 to 1936.
The Indian massacre of 1622 took place in the English colony of Virginia on 1 April [O.S. 22 March] 1622. English explorer John Smith, though he was not an eyewitness, wrote in his History of Virginia that warriors of the Powhatan "came unarmed into our houses with deer, turkeys, fish, fruits, and other provisions to sell us"; [2] they then grabbed any tools or weapons available and killed all ...