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Jamestown

seat of Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
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Summary

Jamestown is a city in the United States[1]. Jamestown ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Stutsman County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: James River[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Shares border with: Buchanan[7]
  • Named after: Jamestown[8]
  • Postal code: 58401[9], 58402[10], 58405[11]
  • Commons category: Jamestown, North Dakota[12]
  • Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[13]
  • Local dialing code: 701[14]
  • Inception: 1872[15]
  • Official website: https://jamestownnd.gov/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jamestown, North Dakota[17]
  • Population: 15,849[18], 15,427[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
  • Capital of: Stutsman County[21]
  • Official name: Jamestown[22]
  • Nickname: Pride of the Prairie[23]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jamestown, North Dakota[24]
  • Number of households: 6645[25]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jamestown, North Dakota[26]
  • Different from: Jamestown[27]
  • Elevation above sea level: 429 m[28]
  • Area: 33.291465 km²[29], 33.348742 km²[30], 34.559027 km²[31], 34.403265 km²[32], 0.155762 km²[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.16 percent[34], 0.3387 percent[35]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Jamestown include Jamestown Regional Airport[36], an airport[37], in United States[38].

Why It Matters

Jamestown has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Jamestown is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Jamestown include Jamestown Regional Airport[36], an airport[37], in United States[38].

Related Entities

Louis L'Amour Peggy Lee United States University of Jamestown

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . census.gov. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Territory overlaps → Jamestown urban area
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+33.291465'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+33.348742'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.559027'} +2
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.16'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.3387'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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