Jamestown

About Jamestown

Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest city in the county. Nearby Chautauqua Lake is a freshwater resource used by fishermen, boaters, and naturalists.

In the 20th century, Jamestown was a thriving industrial area, noted for producing several well-known products. They include the crescent wrench, produced by Karl Peterson's the Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown beginning in 1907; and the automatic lever voting machine, manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Company, which dominated the lever voting machine industry from its location on Jones and Gifford Avenue in Jamestown until its bankruptcy in 1983. Jamestown was also once called the "Furniture Capital of the World" because of the once-thriving furniture industry. People visited from all over the country to attend furniture expositions at the Furniture Mart, a building that still stands in the city and houses offices for a variety of companies. For most of the 20th century, Blackstone Corporation, led by Reginald Lenna, was Jamestown's largest employer and one of the driving cores of the local economy, manufacturing washing machines and automobile components.

Notable people from Jamestown include legendary comedienne Lucille Ball, U.S. Supreme Court justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, musician Natalie Merchant, musician Dennis Drew, musician John Lombardo, naturalist Roger Tory Peterson, NFL head coach Nick Sirianni, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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Living in Jamestown

Median household income

$43,523

Median home value

$87,700

Median rent

$759/mo

Median age

39.8

Map of Jamestown

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Jamestown, NY population

Jamestown had 28,712 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Jamestown at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Jamestown

• Celoron2.2 mi W
• Jamestown West2.4 mi W
• Falconer2.5 mi NE
• Lakewood4.3 mi W
• Busti4.4 mi SW
• Frewsburg6.0 mi SE
• Kennedy8.2 mi NE
• Bemus Point9.1 mi NW
• Sugar Grove, PA9.5 mi SW
• Farmington, PA10.4 mi S
• Sinclairville11.7 mi N
• Russell, PA12.1 mi SE

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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