Jamestown
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census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Tuolumne
- Total
- 3.005 sq mi (7.783 km )
- Land
- 3.003 sq mi (7.778 km )
- Water
- 0.0019 sq mi (0.005 km ) 0.07%
- Elevation
- 1,621 ft (494 m)
- Density
- 1,158/sq mi (447.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-37106
- Designated
- March 16, 1949
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Jamestown
- Population
- 3478
- Area
- 7.761022
- Elevation
- 435
- Official website
- www.jamestown-ca.com
- Image
- 2009-0724-CA-Jamestown.jpg
- Households
- 1758
- Dialing code
- 209
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- Commons category
- Jamestown, California
- postal code
- 95327
- water as percent of area
- 0.0693
- water area
- 0.005377
- per capita income
- 38393
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The Emporium is on the National Register of Historic Places. Sierra Railway No. 3 at the old Jamestown Depot, for the filming of the pilot episode of The Big Valley, 1964. High-grade Gold Ore from the Harvard mine quartz-gold vein. Discovered in 1859, the mine has produced about 800,000 ounces of gold, worth about $1.3 billion at 2014 prices. The mine closed in 1994.
Jamestown is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Formerly a California Gold Rush town, Jamestown was designated a California Historical Landmark on March 16, 1949. It is the home of Railtown 1897 State Historic Park and the Sierra Railway, which operates steam passenger trains. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined the community as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 3,478 at the 2020 census, up from 3,433 at the 2010 census.