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History · Jamesville

16% of Jamesville’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Burras House and the Jamesville Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1860.

2on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Jamesville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jamesville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 612 in 1990; 424 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Jamesville’s homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jamesville’s history is told.

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People over time

Jamesville, census by census

0100200300400500600190019502000Peak: 612

Peaked at 612 in 1990; 424 people lived here in 2020.

17 censuses, 1860–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Jamesville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Jamesville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jamesville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Jamesville is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 424 at the 2020 census, down from 491 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 491 to 424 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Jamesville, 1855 to 1990

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Jamesvile post office opens
  3. 1870BuiltJamesville Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery is built
  4. 20th century
  5. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 612
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Jamesville on the map, 1943 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jamesville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jamesville on the 1943 USGS mapJamesville on the 1978 USGS mapJamesville on the 1985 USGS map1943Plymouth sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jamesville.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Jamesville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Burras House
Burras HouseJamesville Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, built 1870
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular2
Federal1
All 2 listings
Burras HouseBuilding · listed 1978Jamesville Primitive Baptist Church and CemeteryBuilding · listed 1984

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Jamesville’s history

What is on the National Register in Jamesville?

Two places: the Burras House (listed 1978) and the Jamesville Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery (1984).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.