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 first thirteen colonies were either named after people, Indian names or, places in England. The original states/colonies are, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire and New Jersey.The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.he eight colonies that are named after people in England are Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York. Georgia was named in honor of England's King George II. North and South Carolina were both named in honor of King Charles I. (Carolous is Latin for Charles).