Our Genealogy Helper
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 Jamestown Shores (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 Jamestown Shores. 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 Jamestown Shores ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Jamestown Shores: Jamestown Shrs.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Jamestown Shores is located in Newport County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Newport County : Bristol (MA) , Bristol , Kent & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Jamestown Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown Shores:
Newport County (The home county of Jamestown Shores)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Jamestown (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jamestown is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Jamestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jamestown is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Lawtons (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lawtons is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Clarks Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Clarks Village is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Brenton Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Middletown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Middletown is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Newport East (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Newport East is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Newport (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Newport is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Middletown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Middletown is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Melville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Melville is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Portsmouth is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Prudence Island (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Prudence Island is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Portsmouth (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Portsmouth is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Bristol (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Bristol (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Annawomscutt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Warren (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Coggeshall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Barrington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
East Greenwich (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich East Greenwich (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
Buttonwoods (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Shippee Corner (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner Cowesett (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Oakland Beach (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Apponaug (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Kettle Corner (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Shawomet (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Warwick (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
Hillsgrove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove Quidnick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick West Warwick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Sockanosset (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Bellefonte (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Garden City (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Kent Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Kent Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corner Meshanticut (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Oaklawn (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Riverside (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cranston (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Knightsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Armington Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Thornton (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Kent ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Kent was located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent East Providence (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
East Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 47,337 people
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Saunderstown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown North Kingstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Wickford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Bridgetown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Bridgetown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown Allenton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
Wickford Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Narragansett (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Narragansett is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett Population from the 2020 Census: 15,309 people
Narragansett (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Narragansett is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett Slocum (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Mount View (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Kingston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Kingston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Voluntown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Pawcatuck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
North Stonington (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
Clarks Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village North Stonington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Wequetequock (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock Griswold (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Stonington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
Stonington (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Mashantucket (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Preston (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Oneco (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Ekonk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Sterling (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Almyville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Moosup (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
Central Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Plainfield Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Plainfield (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wauregan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Globe Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Acoaxet (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Acoaxet is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoaxet Central Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Central Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village Westport Point (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Westport Point is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Point Westport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Population from the 2020 Census: 16,097 people
Fall River (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Ocean Grove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Flint Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village North Westport (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
North Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westport Swansea Center (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Former name for Swansea Center:
Swansea Centre(Er) Gidleys Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Gidleys Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gidleys Corner Bowenville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville Oak Grove Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Oak Grove Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Village Dukes County (MA)
Cuttyhunk (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Cuttyhunk is located in Dukes County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuttyhunk Plymouth County (MA)
Mattapoisett (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown Shores .
Cemeteries Near Jamestown Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown Shores.
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 Jamestown Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jamestown Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Old Friends Burial Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Cedar Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Greene Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Burlingame Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Cashman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Congton - Packard Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Casey Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Willettt Carpenter Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jamestown Town Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Gardiner Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Caleb Allen Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Allen - Pierce Farm Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Continue List (658 more) ...
Hammond Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hiscox Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Eldred Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Jamestown Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jamestown Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown Shores, with the one closest to Jamestown Shores listed first.
Jamestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jamestown is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Hamilton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Hamilton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Wickford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Belleville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Allenton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Newport (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Newport is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Lafayette (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lafayette is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Narragansett (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Narragansett is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett South Portsmouth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
South Portsmouth is also located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth Wickford Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Kingston (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Kingston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Rocky Brook (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Rocky Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Continue List (15 more) ...
Peace Dale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Peace Dale is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Dale Davisville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville West Kingston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
West Kingston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kingston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown Shores .
Newspapers Published in Jamestown Shores ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jamestown Shores, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Jamestown Shores.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Jamestown Shores:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Newport County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Providence County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Dukes County Plymouth County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jamestown Shores. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Jamestown Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Jamestown Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.