Jamestown’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Jamestown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusThe historic Town of Jamestown is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 256 at the 2020 United States census, down from 274 in 2010. It was named for James Smith, an early discoverer of gold. Jamestown was hit hard by the September 2013 Colorado floods when the town was isolated due to road damage from the rains and the flooding of James Creek. Under a mandatory evacuation order, most residents were airlifted to safety under the direction of the Colorado National Guard to nearby Boulder.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 274 to 256 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1943.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jamestown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Jamestown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jamestown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJamestown, Colo., October 9,2013-…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Jamestown
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Jamestown, decade by decade
2000
CommonsJamestown, CO2018
CommonsNebraska Task Force 1 conducts search and rescue operations…2013
CommonsNebraska Task Force 1 Conducts Search and Rescue Operations2013
CommonsNear Elysian Park, CO, November 19, 20132013
CommonsJamestown, Colorado Cut Off by 2013 Colorado Floods2013
CommonsJamestown, CO, November 19, 20132013
CommonsJamestown, CO, November 19, 20132013
Commons2013 Colorado floods search and rescue operations in2013
CommonsCOMap-doton-Jamestown20053 historic places in Jamestown
3 places in Jamestown are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1989Jamestown Mercantile Building
Listed 2003Jamestown Town HallListed 2007Jamestown Town Hall (Boundary Increase)Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Jamestown, Colo., October 9,2013--A resident of Jamestown, CO holds up a packet of Meal Ready to Eat (MRE) which are be… and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.