Welcome to Jones ...

So far, we found very little information about Jones. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jones to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jones, please Contact Us.

Jones would have been located within present day Greenwood County<2>.

The location of Jones has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jones, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jones is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Jones was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Jones still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Jones ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Jones: This one is located in Greenwood County and the other is located in Abbeville County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 38 communities that are also named Jones - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (4), Virginia (3), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones.

Communities near Jones ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jones.

• Greenwood
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Laurens
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurens
  • Laurens is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurens <5>
• Abbeville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
  • Abbeville is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,958 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <5>
• Belton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
  • Belton is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,484 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belton <5>
• Honea Path
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honea Path
  • Honea Path is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honea Path <5>
• Ninety Six
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninety Six
  • Ninety Six is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ninety Six <5>
• Due West
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due West
  • Due West is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Due West <5>
• Gray Court
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Court
  • Gray Court is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray Court <5>
• Cross Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hill
  • Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Hill <5>
• Donalds
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donalds
  • Donalds is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donalds <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jones. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jones.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jones. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones. See our Newspapers Page for Jones.

Adding Jones to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jones in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jones was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jones post office opened in 1884.

We also found Jones on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jones.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Greenwood County: www.co.greenwood.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/