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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|179|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|142|sqmi}} is land, and {{convert|37|sqmi}} (20.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The James City County GIS office specifies the county as being {{cvt|115,011.9|acres}} {{climate chart | Jamestown, VA<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Beach City County, VA Weather |url=http://www.usa.com/virginia-beach-city-county-va-weather.htm#HistoricalTemperature |website=USA.com |publisher=World Media Group, LLC}}</ref> |28|48.2|3.3 |30.2|52|2.9 |36.6|60.6|4.0 |45.4|71|3.4 |54.6|78.3|3.9 |63.7|86|3.5 |67.9|89.4|4.6 |66.4|87.5|4.5 |59.4|81.4|4.3 |48|71.5|3.3 |39.3|61.9|3.3 |31.1|51.3|3.4 |units = imperial |float = right |clear = both }} James City County straddles two major watersheds, the James River Watershed and the York River Watershed. (Both are sub watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which stretches from Pennsylvania to Virginia). Within the James River and York watersheds are eleven sub watersheds: Diascund Creek, Ware Creek, Yarmouth Creek, Gordon Creek, Powhatan Creek, Mill Creek, [[College Creek]], [[James River (Virginia)|James River]], [[York River (Virginia)|York River]], [[Skiffe's Creek]] and [[Chickahominy River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.protectedwithpride.org/index.html|title=Apache HTTP Server Test Page powered by CentOS|website=www.protectedwithpride.org|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=February 12, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212011928/http://www.protectedwithpride.org/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> === Adjacent counties and independent cities === {| |-valign=top | * [[New Kent County, Virginia|New Kent County]] - northwest * [[King and Queen County, Virginia|King and Queen County]] - northeast * [[Gloucester County, Virginia|Gloucester County]] - northeast * [[York County, Virginia|York County]] - east | * [[Williamsburg, Virginia|Williamsburg]] - east * [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]] - southeast * [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry County]] - south * [[Charles City County, Virginia|Charles City County]] - west |} ===National protected areas=== * [[Colonial National Historical Park]] (part) * [[Jamestown National Historic Site]]
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