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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 Place (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 Place. 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 Place ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for James Place: James Pl. (or less commonly used: James Plc.)
  • While the name of this community is James Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So James Place may originally have been Jame's Place.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case James Place might be written as Jame Place.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named James Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for James Place.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Place is located in Lake County.

To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga & Geauga.

Below are the counties that are near James Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to James Place:

  • Lake County     (The home county of James Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.
    • North Madison
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • North Madison is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
    • Madison
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • North Perry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • North Perry is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
    • Perry
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Painesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairport Harbor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Grand River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mentor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mentor-on-the-Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kirtland Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Brentwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Brentwood is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
    • Kirtland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashtabula County
    • The following are listed by their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.
    • Driftwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Driftwood is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
    • Geneva
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Geneva is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <2>
    • Geneva-on-the-Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harpersfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
    • Mechanicsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Saybrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Saybrook is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
    • Austinburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Trumbull
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
    • Chapel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Chapel is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
    • East Trumbull
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
    • Eagleville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
    • Ashtabula
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cuyahoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.
    • Gates Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Euclid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Euclid is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,205 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Euclid <2>
    • Highland Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunting Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Mayfield Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Richmond Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyndhurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nottingham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nottingham is located in Cuyahoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
    • Pepper Pike
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Geauga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.
    • Thompson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Montville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Montville is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
    • West Bass Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
    • Chardon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Aquilla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Aquilla is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
    • Huntsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
    • East Claridon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • East Claridon is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
    • Burton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Middlefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Chesterland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Yates Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
    • Parkman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Trumbull County
    • The following are listed by their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.
    • Mesopotamia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • West Farmington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Greene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Greene is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
    • Farmington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Farmington is located in Trumbull County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Bristolville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Erie County (PA)
    • Tracy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to James Place, see our County-by-County Page for James Place.

Cemeteries Near James Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of James Place.

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 Place - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for James Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.

  • North Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • North Madison Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Middle Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Madison Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dock Road Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • South Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Unionville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Main Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Perry Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
    • The Perry Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Center Road Cemetery
    • Disciples Cemetery
    • Perry Center Cemetery
    • Perry Center Road Cemetery
    • Perry Twp. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211916 <3>
  • Gore Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hutchins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (192 more) ...
    • Brakemans Corners Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clague Farm Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harpersfield Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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.<4>

While we didn't find James Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of James Place.

These communities are listed based on their distance from James Place, with the one closest to James Place listed first.

  • North Madison
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • North Madison is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
  • Madison
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Unionville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Unionville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Perry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheeler ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Wheeler is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
  • Geneva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Geneva is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <2>
  • Harpersfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harpersfield is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersfield
  • Lane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Cork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cork is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
  • Thompson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Calm ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Calm is located in Geauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm
  • Mechanicsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Saybrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Saybrook is located in Ashtabula County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
    • Breakman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Breakman is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakman
    • Bostwick
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Bostwick is located in Geauga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostwick

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around James Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around James Place.

Newspapers Published in James Place ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around James Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of James Place, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for James Place.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Place:

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>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.
<4>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 Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- James Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.