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Welcome to James Place ...

James Place is located in Lake County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for James Place: James Pl. (or less commonly used: James Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for James Place for more information about variations on the name of James Place.

James Place is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: James Place lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for James Place: 440 & 436<3>

Communities Also Named James Place ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named James Place - it's located in Idaho.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for James Place.

Communities near James Place ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near James Place.

  • Mentor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Painesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashtabula
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mentor-on-the-Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kirtland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 <4>
  • Chardon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • 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
  • Fairport Harbor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around James Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for James Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of James Place. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around James Place.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around James Place. See our Newspapers Page for James Place.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for James Place ...

Looking for more information about James Place? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to James Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for James Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around James Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the James Place area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the James Place area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.