James City has yet to put a famous person on the list
Across Pennsylvania, the lists cover 1,006 towns. Bethlehem’s 78 names make the longest list in Pennsylvania. After Bethlehem, the next longest list in Pennsylvania is Altoona’s, with 69.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is James City), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in James City has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is James City and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.