Town of Jamestown, Colorado

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The Town of Jamestown, Colorado is a small historic mountain community in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Boulder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf statutory town
areaCode 303
720
characterizedAs historic community
small mountain community
climate continental mountain climate
country United States of America
county Boulder County, Colorado
linked to: Boulder County
elevation approximately 2110 meters
approximately 6920 feet
experiencedEvent 2013 Colorado floods
FIPSCode 08-38635
GNISFeatureID 0204750
governingBody Jamestown Board of Trustees
governmentForm statutory town government
hasFeature forested foothills landscape
steep surrounding mountain terrain
hasLandArea approximately 0.7 square miles
approximately 1.8 square kilometers
hasLocalAttraction Jamestown Mercantile
historic mining-era buildings
incorporatedAsTown 1883
isPartOfMetropolitanArea Boulder, Colorado Metropolitan Statistical Area
isResidentialCommunityFor Boulder area
locatedIn Rocky Mountains foothills
locatedInMountainRange Front Range
locatedNorthwestOf Boulder, Colorado
locatedOnWatercourse James Creek
majorDisaster severe flood damage in September 2013
namedAfter James Smith (local prospector)
Jamestown, Virginia
nearestMajorCity Boulder, Colorado
population approximately 250 (2020 census)
postalCode 80455
primaryEconomicHistory gold mining
rebuildingEffort post-2013 flood reconstruction
region northern Colorado Front Range
settlementType historic mining town
state Colorado
timeZone Mountain Standard Time
linked to: Mountain Time Zone
timeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time
transportationAccess via James Canyon Drive (Colorado State Highway 72 vicinity)

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Boulder County, Colorado, United States contains Town of Jamestown, Colorado