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Welcome to Jonesdale ...

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

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

Jonesdale was located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Jonesdale would have been located within present day Baxter County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jonesdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jonesdale is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Jonesdale was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Jonesdale was located: 870 & 327<4>

Communities Also Named Jonesdale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Jonesdale - they are located in Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Jonesdale ...

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

  • Mountain Home
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Gassville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Calico Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Marshall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cotter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Norfork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Salesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Leslie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Briarcliff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people

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 Jonesdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jonesdale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jonesdale. 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 Jonesdale.

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

Adding Jonesdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jonesdale 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 (so far) for Jonesdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jonesdale post office opened in 1894. The Jonesdale post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jonesdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jonesdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Baxter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jonesdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Jonesdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Jonesdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/