Jamestown, California

Jamestown is a unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States.

[3] 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).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), 99.93% of it land and 0.07% of it water.

There were 1,446 housing units at an average density of 473.0 per square mile (182.6/km2).

In the California State Legislature, Jamestown is in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil, and the 8th Assembly District, represented by Republican David Tangipa.

[9] Jamestown is the headquarters for the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California, a federally recognized tribe of Miwok people.

Exterior scenes from the TV series Petticoat Junction, The Wild Wild West, and Green Acres were filmed in and near Jamestown, as well as parts of the Little House on the Prairie TV series.

Jamestown was featured by Huell Howser in Road Trip Episode 153.

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. [ 4 ]
Tuolumne County map