Jamestown Wedding

Jamestown is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2000 census.

The City of Jamestown is adjacent to Town of Ellicott and is at the southern tip of Chautauqua Lake.

The City of Jamestown was incorporated in 1886. The city has been a center for the manufacture of wood products such as furniture as well as a major producer of mattresses. The town was once called the "Furniture Capital of the World." Although much of these industries have migrated away from the area in recent times, Jamestown still retains a few large manufacturing plants for various multinational corporations.

The city has a large concentration of citizens of Swedish and Italian ancestry.

Jamestown is located at 42544N, 791419W (42.095457, -79.238619)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.5 km (9.1 mi). 23.3 km (9.0 mi) of it is land and 0.2 km (0.1 mi) of it (0.88%) is water.

Being close to the Appalachian Mountains, Jamestown's elevation profile is relatively disjunct. A large hill on the East side of town is known as Swede Hill.