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 (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. 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.
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 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.
Jamestown 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. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jamestown:
Newport County (The home county of Jamestown)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Jamestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Lawtons (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Middletown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Brenton Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Newport East (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Newport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Middletown (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Melville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Clarks Village (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Portsmouth (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Prudence Island (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Portsmouth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton Four Corners (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Bristol (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Bristol (12 miles [19.3 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
Barrington (13 miles [20.9 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
Coggeshall (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall 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 Warren (14 miles [22.5 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
Warren (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
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
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 Buttonwoods (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Oakland Beach (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Cowesett (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett 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 Kettle Corner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Warwick (11 miles [17.7 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
Apponaug (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Shawomet (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet West Warwick (12 miles [19.3 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
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 Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Oaklawn (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Riverside (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Riverside is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside 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 Cranston (16 miles [25.7 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
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 Armington Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Armington Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armington Corner Knightsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Leonard Corner (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Leonard Corner is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Corner Luthers Corners (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Luthers Corners is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Corners Kent ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Saunderstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Saunderstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunderstown 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
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 Wickford (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Bridgetown (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bridgetown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown 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 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 Narragansett (7 miles [11.3 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 (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Narragansett is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett Slocum (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Exeter (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown 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 (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Pawcatuck (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
North Stonington (26 miles [41.8 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
North Stonington (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Clarks Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Wequetequock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wequetequock is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wequetequock Griswold (28 miles [45.1 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 (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Mashantucket (30 miles [48.3 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, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Oneco (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
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
Ekonk (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk Sterling (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Almyville (28 miles [45.1 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)
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 (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
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)
Central Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Globe Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Acoaxet (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Acoaxet is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoaxet Central Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Central Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village Westport Point (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Westport Point is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Point Westport (15 miles [24.1 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
Ocean Grove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove 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
Flint Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village Gidleys Corner (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Gidleys Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gidleys Corner Bowenville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Bowenville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowenville 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 Oak Grove Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Oak Grove Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Village 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 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)
The following are listed by their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
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
Lakeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jamestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jamestown .
Cemeteries Near Jamestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jamestown.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jamestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Old Friends Burial Ground (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cedar Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Congton - Packard Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Jamestown Town Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Greene Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Allen - Pierce Farm Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Burlingame Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Cashman Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Casey Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Willettt Carpenter Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
St. Columbas Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hiscox Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Continue List (663 more) ...
Gardiner Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Caleb Allen Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Burlingame Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 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 in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jamestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jamestown, with the one closest to Jamestown listed first.
Jamestown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Hamilton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hamilton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Newport (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
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 South Portsmouth (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth Wickford (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Lafayette (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Lafayette is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette 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 (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Narragansett is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett Portsmouth (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Davisville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville Continue List (20 more) ...
Kingston (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Kingston is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Rocky Brook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Rocky Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Peace Dale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Peace Dale is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Dale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jamestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jamestown .
Newspapers Published in Jamestown ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jamestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jamestown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Jamestown.
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 professional and volunteer 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:
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. 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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jamestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.