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Physical map of Jamestown Island in 1958. Jamestown Island is a 1,561-acre (632 ha; 2.439 sq mi) [1] island in the James River in Virginia, part of James City County. It is located off Glasshouse Point, to which it is connected via a causeway to the Colonial Parkway. Much of the island is wetland, including both swamp and marsh. [2]
The following 19 pages use this file: Croaker, Virginia; Ewell, Virginia; Grove, Virginia; History of Jamestown, Virginia (1607–1699) James City County, Virginia
Island Drive is a small road in Jamestown, Virginia. The road, which is a part of Colonial National Historical Park , has a three-mile short route, and a five mile long route. [ 1 ] It shows the natural environment that was encountered by the original Jamestown settlers, with large oil paintings depicting activities of the early colonists ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in James City County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. 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.
Historic Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) and the U.S. National Park ...
There are two major heritage sites at Jamestown: Jamestown Settlement, a living history museum which includes a reconstructed Native American village, colonial fort, and replica ships, operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia; and Historic Jamestowne, the National Park Service site which includes Jamestown Island and the ongoing archaeological ...
Douglas Owsley (left) and Danny Schmidt examining the possible remains of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold (left). Jamestown Rediscovery is an archaeological project of Preservation Virginia (formerly the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) investigating the remains of the original English settlement at Jamestown established in the Virginia Colony in North America beginning on ...