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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jones Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jones Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jones Creek, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Jones Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jones Creek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Jones Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Jones Creek: Jones Crk. (or less commonly used: Jones Ck. or Jones Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Jones Creek may originally have been Jone's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Creek might be written as Jone Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jones Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Jones Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Anson County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Anson County: Richmond, Stanly, Union, Chesterfield (SC) & Marlboro (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Jones Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Creek:
- Anson County (The home county of Jones Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Morven
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morven is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Wadesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McFarlan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lilesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Polkton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Peachland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Ansonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Burnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Roper ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Wadeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Cordova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cordova is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Yates Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yates Hill is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
- Honey Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- East Rockingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Rockingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mangum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mangum is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
- Dobbins Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Hamlet
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Steen Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Ellerbe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ghio Scholl Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Marston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Scotland County
- Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Norwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oakboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Marshville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Fairfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Wingate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Rest
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Trinity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Altan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Altan is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Carmel Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Unionville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
- Monroe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Chesterfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Croghan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <3>
- Cheraw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheraw is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,554 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheraw <3>
- Pageland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Patrick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Angelus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- McBee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McBee is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <3>
- Darlington County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Society Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marlboro County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Wallace
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newtonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Bennettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Creek.
Cemeteries Near Jones Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jones Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Pleasant Hill AME Zion Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Davids Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Camden Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camden Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the southwest of Wadesboro.
- Anson Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Thompsons Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Griggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westfield Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zoar Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (173 more) ...
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Jones Creek itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Deep Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Deep Creek is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Morven
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Morven is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Paris ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paris is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Long Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Long Pine is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pine
- McFarlan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Wadesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Hill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Hill is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Mount Croghan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <3>
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Lilesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hornsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hornsboro is located in Chesterfield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsboro
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Polkton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Polkton is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
- Pee Dee ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pee Dee is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pee Dee
- Peachland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Creek.
Newspapers Published in Jones Creek ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Creek, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jones Creek:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Anson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Montgomery County
- Richmond County
- Scotland County
- Stanly County
- Union County
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Marlboro County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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 Jones Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jones Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |