JAMESTOWN

jamestown, a city of chautauqua county, new york, u.s.a., at the s. outlet of chautauqua lake, 68 m. s. by w. of buffalo. pop. (1900), 22,892, of whom 7270 were foreign-born, mostly swedish; (1910 census) 31,297. it is served by the erie and the jamestown, chautauqua & lake erie railways, by electric lines extending along lake chautauqua to lake erie on the n. and to warren, pennsylvania, on the s., and by summer steamboat lines on lake chautauqua. jamestown is situated among the hills of chautauqua county, and is a popular summer resort. there is a free public library. a supply of natural gas (from pennsylvania) and a fine water-power combine to render jamestown a manufacturing centre of considerable importance. in 1905 the value of its factory products was $10,349,752, an increase of 33.9% since 1900. the city owns and operates its electric-lighting plant and its water-supply system, the water, of exceptional purity, being obtained from artesian wells 4 m. distant. jamestown was settled in 1810, was incorporated in 1827, and was chartered as a city in 1886. the city was named in honour of james prendergast, an early settler.