Jamestown
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city in and county seat of Russell County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Russell
- Named after
- James Wooldridge, a local landowner
- Total
- 3.65 sq mi (9.46 km )
- Land
- 3.52 sq mi (9.11 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 978 ft (298 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 1,869
- Density
- 530.7/sq mi (204.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-40114
- Website
- https://www.myjtky.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Jamestown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Russell County
- Population
- 1867
- Area
- 7.791211
- Elevation
- 296
- Capital of
- Russell County
- Image
- Russell County Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 806
- Dialing code
- 334
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- postal code
- 42629
- Commons category
- Jamestown, Kentucky
- inception
- 1826-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.1948
- different from
- Jamestown
- per capita income
- 18221
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jamestown is a home rule-class city in Russell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. As of the 2020 census, Jamestown had a population of 1,867.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jamestown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.