Welcome to Jones Prairie ...
Jones Prairie is located Jones Prairie is located in Milam County<1>. We aren't confident of the location of Jones Prairie, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Jones Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. A typical abbreviation for Jones Prairie: Jones Pr. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Jones Prairie for more information about variations on the name of Jones Prairie. Jones Prairie is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Jones Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jones Prairie. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jones Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jones Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jones Prairie. 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 Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Jones Prairie. Looking for more information about Jones Prairie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Jones Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jones Prairie. We originally found mention of Jones Prairie in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jones Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Jones Prairie in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Jones Prairie.
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Communities near Jones Prairie ...
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(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jones Prairie ...
Adding Jones Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Jones Prairie post office opened in 1876.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Milam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jones Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/