Do you know of Jonestown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Jonestown. 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 Jonestown.

We found mention of Jonestown as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allen County, Kansas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1875 and closed  in 1879.

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 Jonestown ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Jonestown.

Within Kansas, the name Jonestown is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Fannin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jonestown [Fannin County].
  • Indiana
    • Vermillion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jonestown [Vermillion County].
  • Kentucky
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jonestown [Fayette County].
  • Maryland
    • Caroline County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Jonestown [Caroline County].
    • Howard County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Jonestown [Howard County].
    • Saint Mary's County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Jonestown [Saint Mary's County].
  • Mississippi
    • Alcorn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jonestown [Alcorn County].
    • Coahoma County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jonestown [Coahoma County].
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jonestown [Warren County].
    • Yazoo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jonestown [Yazoo County].
  • North Carolina
    • Forsyth County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonestown [Forsyth County].
    • Lenoir County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonestown [Lenoir County].
  • Ohio
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jonestown [Jackson County].
    • Van Wert County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jonestown [Van Wert County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Columbia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jonestown [Columbia County].
    • Lebanon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jonestown [Lebanon County].
    • Schuylkill County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jonestown [Schuylkill County].
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jonestown [Washington County].
  • South Carolina
    • Horry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jonestown [Horry County].
  • Tennessee
    • Cocke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jonestown [Cocke County].
    • Giles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jonestown [Giles County].
  • Texas
    • Travis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jonestown [Travis County].
  • Virginia
    • Rockbridge County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jonestown [Rockbridge County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jonestown ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

More Orphans in  Allen 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 Allen County.