Do you know of Jonesborough ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Jonesborough. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Jonesborough.<1>

Our sources for Jonesborough (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Jonesborough other than they indicate that Jonesborough would be found somewhere in Moore County, North Carolina.

Communities Also Named Jonesborough ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Jonesborough.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Jonesborough.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Lee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jonesborough [Lee County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Baldwin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jonesborough [Baldwin County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jonesborough [Franklin County].
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jonesborough [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
  - Craighead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jonesborough [Craighead County].
- Florida
  - Dixie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Jonesborough [Dixie County].
- Georgia
  - Clayton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jonesborough [Clayton County].
- Illinois
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jonesborough [Union County].
- Indiana
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jonesborough [Grant County].
- Louisiana
  - Jackson Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Jonesborough [Jackson Parish].
- Maine
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Jonesborough [Washington County].
- Ohio
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jonesborough [Clinton County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jonesborough [Fayette County].
- Oregon
  - Malheur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Jonesborough [Malheur County].
- Tennessee
  - Maury County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jonesborough [Maury County].
- Texas
  - Coryell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jonesborough [Coryell County].
- Virginia
  - Brunswick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jonesborough [Brunswick County].
  - Nelson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jonesborough [Nelson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jonesborough ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Jonesborough:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Jonesborough - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Moore County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Moore County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Jonesborough could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.