Jamesport, MO

Jamesport is a city in eastern Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 559 residents. A post office called Jamesport has been in operation since 1857. The community's name honors two first settlers with the given name James, namely James Gillilan and James Allen. K-6 is located at Tri-County Elementary School, and 7-12 is located at Tri-County High School. The short version is that Jamesport carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Jamesport: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Jamesport is located in eastern Daviess County on Missouri Route 190 just south of Missouri Route 6. Gallatin is approximately nine miles to the southwest and Trenton is approximately 12 miles to the northeast in adjacent Grundy County.