The Town of Jamestown contracts with the Guilford County Sheriffâs Department to provide the Town with 24 hour protection. There is a satellite office located at 211 Hillstone Drive, Jamestown, NC. The non-emergency telephone number is 336.641.6691. Please call 911 for emergencies.
This water lily is named after Queen Victoria and is native to the Amazon and surrounding areas in South America. In 1836, the flower was first described by E.F. Poeppig, a German explorer. He named the lily Euryale Amazonica. During the same year, another explorer, Richard Schomburgk described the same flower in British Guiana. He named it Victoria Regia, after the Queen of England. The official name was accepted as Victoria Amazonica, however it is still known to the locals as the Victoria Regia. The are several different species of large water lilies named Victoria. The Amazonica is perhaps the largest.
The state of Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I. In the early 1600's, all of North America that was not Spanish or French was then called Virginia in honor of The Virgin Queen.