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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about James City (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for James City. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for James City ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is James City, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So James City may originally have been Jame's City.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case James City might be written as Jame City.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named James City. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for James City.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
James City is located in Rockingham County.
To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near James City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to James City:
- Rockingham County (The home county of James City)
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Candia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Nottingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Epping
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brentwood Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Barnstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Allens Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Gilmanton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alton Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Laconia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Brookfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- South Wolfeboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Massabesic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Pinardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Bedford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goffstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- East Merrimack
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Merrimack
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- New Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Epsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Allenstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Websters Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Chichester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Suncook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Horse Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- South Hooksett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Hooksett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Martin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Bow Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Bow Lake Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- Strafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Strafford Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Durham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Madbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dexter Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Pickering
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Rochester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Ayers Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Amesbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Merrimac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Rocks Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Haverhill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Tozier Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- West Newbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Ward Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Groveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Methuen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Methuen is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- Newburyport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Berwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eliot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- South Berwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Eliot
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Kittery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Payneton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Payneton is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton
- Lebanon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Ridge is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Ridge
- Kittery Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Varney Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Varney Crossing is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney Crossing
- North Berwick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Agamenticus Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Agamenticus Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agamenticus Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to James City, see our County-by-County Page for James City.
Cemeteries Near James City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of James City.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for James City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for James City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Deerfield Parade Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Merrill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Griffin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whittier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Candia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gove Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Nottingham Square Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham Square Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nottingham Square Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Nottingham.
- McClary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find James City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of James City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from James City, with the one closest to James City listed first.
- Deerfield Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Leavitts Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leavitts Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitts Hill
- South Deerfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Deerfield is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
- Candia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Nottingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Nottingham
- Northwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Northwood Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Center
- Northwood Narrows
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Northwood Narrows is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Narrows
- East Candia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- North Nottingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Nottingham is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Nottingham
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Raymond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Barrington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barrington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around James City. See our List of 1890's Communities around James City.
Newspapers Published in James City ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around James City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of James City, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for James City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to James City:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- James City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about James City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |