Jamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Jamestown is named after James Prendergast, an early Chautauqua County settler. Though Jamestown General Hospital still stands on Jones Hill and is part of UPMC Chautauqua. When you direct your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chautauqua County New York. Leslie Carter is buried in Chautauqua Cemetery in Chautauqua, New York. Shelbyville is also home to Chautauqua Auditorium. Chautauqua gathering at Chautauqua, New York. Part of the Eastern Continental Divide runs through Chautauqua County. In September 1911, McCurdy and two other men robbed The Citizens Bank in Chautauqua, Kansas. The 1970s saw a crisis in the history of the Colorado Chautauqua. The grounds are situated on the west shoreline of upper Chautauqua Lake. He was the primary cause of an HIV micro-epidemic in Chautauqua County. Lying between Elm Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue are mostly fraternity and sorority houses. His family purchased in 1806, in the area now known as Chautauqua County. The town is named after Chautauqua Lake.