Jewtown is an unincorporated community on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States.
History Jewtown was one of three historic African American communities on Saint Simons settled after the Civil War by emancipated slaves.Roberts, Amy, and Patrick Halliday (2019). Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles. Charlestown, SC: The History Press. .
The town got its name from the presence of a store established by Jewish members of the Levison family in the 1880s. A variant name for the town was "Levisonton". After the Civil War Anson Dodge and the Georgia Land and Lumber Company of New York purchased the Hamilton Plantation at Gascoigne Bluff in 1875 to build lumber mills to take advantage of strong global demand. Sig and Robert (Bob) Levison of nearby Brunswick built a general merchandise store about a mile east of the mills.Staff writer (Mar. 2018). "How an Island Neighborhood Got its Name." Elegant Island Living. p. 122. The store was closed in 1921.
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