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Established in 1823, the City of Jamestown is the county seat of Fentress County, both of which were named after James Fentress, a prominent Tennessee legislator who lived from 1763 to 1843. Jamestown was officially incorporated in 1837 on an area formerly referred to as “Sand Springs” because of its numerous natural springs.
 
One of these springs still remains and is located northeast of the Fentress County Courthouse in Mark Twain City Park, so named because former first circuit court clerk John M. Clemens, father of Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), and his family regularly drew water from this spring before they moved to Missouri to live. Clemens drew the plans for the county’s first courthouse and jail.
 
Another Fentress County claim to fame is that legendary World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York was born and raised here and continued to live here from the time he returned from the war until his death in 1964. He devoted most of his later life to raising funds for and building the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, which is still a functioning high school today and is one of the three state-funded schools in Tennessee.

Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, sits at the intersection of U.S. 127 and Tennessee Highway 52. We are situated on the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Middle Tennessee and are near several natural wonders, including the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, Pickett State Park and Dale Hollow Lake.

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Jamestown has a moderate climate with four seasons and an annual average temperature of 54.5ºF. January temperatures average a high of 42ºF and a low of 27ºF, and July temperatures average a high of 81ºF and a low of 64ºF. Jamestown’s average annual rainfall is 55 inches, and our average snowfall is 14 inches.

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