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Welcome to Fort Jones ...The city of Fort Jones is located in Siskiyou County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Jones, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. The city was incorporated March 16, 1872. A typical abbreviation for Fort Jones: Ft. Jones From the Census Estimates for 2019, Fort Jones has a population of 692 people<2> (see below for details). Fort Jones is 2,740 feet [835 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Fort Jones is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Fort Jones lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Fort Jones: 530 The ZIP code for Fort Jones: 96032<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Fort Jones had an population of 692 people. This is a decrease of 17.52% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 4.85% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Fort Jones had a population of 839 people. This makes Fort Jones the county's 8th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 839 people, the population of Fort Jones increased 27.12% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 660 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Fort Jones. Communities Also Named Fort Jones ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Fort Jones: This one is located in Siskiyou County and the other is located in Calaveras County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fort Jones. Communities near Fort Jones ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Jones.
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 Fort Jones. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Jones. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort 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 Fort Jones. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Jones. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Jones. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Jones ...Looking for more information about Fort Jones? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Jones, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Jones. Adding Fort Jones to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Jones 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 Fort Jones was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Fort Jones in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Jones. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Jones. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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