Jamestown

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Founded May 4, 1607 by the Virginia Company of London as a joint-stock venture. It was named after King James I. Jamestown is located on the James River, about 40 miles inland from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It is recognized as the first successful permanent English settlement in the New World.