RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Jefferson County >> JonesboroughSitemap...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Alabama


The Commemorative Quarter for Alabama







Do you know of Jonesborough ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Jonesborough. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Jonesborough.

Our sources for Jonesborough (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Jonesborough other than they indicate that Jonesborough would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Jonesborough ...

We found four communities that share the name Jonesborough.

Within Alabama, the name Jonesborough is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jonesborough [Tippah County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Cleveland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Jonesborough [Cleveland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jonesborough [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jonesborough [Lamar County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jonesborough ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Jonesborough:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Jonesborough - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Jefferson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling MillMabel
AlfrettaMaben
AliceMagella
Altadena ValleyMaury
AmityMcAddry
Argo StationMcWilliams
 Merkel
Baugh'sMiles
BaylorMims
Beachwood ParkMorrowville
Belle SumterMorton
BellwoodMounds
Ben Vines GapMount Pinson
Bessie MinesMountain Woods
BirminghamportMurray
Birwat 
BivenNorrell Junction
Boyles 
BrakeOregon
Brock's 
Brunnet HeightsPalmer
Bryan StationPartridge
BurstallPasscut
 Passing Track
Camp OliverPawnee
CatocinPierce
Coal CreekPinson - Clay - Chalkville
CohortPinson Valley
Connellsville MinesPratt Crossing
Crestline 
Crockett JunctionQuinton
Cymbling Branch 
 Razburgh
DagoReaders
DahindaRed Gap Junction
DeBerniereRed Ore
DivideRedding
DixianaRegent Forest
DolcitoRockville
 Roosevelt City
EarnestRugby Highlands
ElliottRutledge Heights
Ensley FurnaceRutledge
Ensley Heights 
 Sargon
FairviewSayre Mines
Five Points WestScrap
 Shade's Creek
Garden HighlandsShaw
GarySherman
GeloweSlope Four
GilreathSouth Yard
GraceSparks Gap
GracesStaryeacre Ford
GranlinStephens
Green Springs 
Green ValleyTennessee Farms
GreeneThomas Junction
Greene'sToad Vine
GreensTruss
Gurley's CreekTurpin
  
HedonaUptown
Henryellen 
HuffVesthaven
Hughe's SidingVinesville
Huron 
 Waddell
Interburan HeightsWatt's
Irondale JunctionWest Birmingham
 West Side
JeffersonWheeler
 Wheeling
KawaneeWho'd A Thought It
 Wilgus
Leeds Mineral WellWoodlawn Junction
LindberghWoodward Red Ore
Little WarriorWymond
Lynn Crossing 
 Yuma

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Jonesborough could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 09 Mar 2024