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Welcome to Jones Valley ...

Jones Valley is located in Hickman County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jones Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Jones Valley: Jones Vly. (or less commonly used: Jones Vally. or Jones Vlly.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Jones Valley for more information about variations on the name of Jones Valley.

Jones Valley is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jones Valley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Jones Valley: 931

Communities Also Named Jones Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Jones Valley - they are located in Alabama, California and Maryland.

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

Communities near Jones Valley ...

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

  • Spring Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Fairview
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sawdust
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <3>
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Centerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Loriland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loriland is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 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 Jones Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jones Valley.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jones Valley ...

Looking for more information about Jones Valley? 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 Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jones Valley.

Adding Jones Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jones Valley 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 (so far) for Jones Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jones Valley post office opened in 1875. The Jones Valley post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jones Valley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hickman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jones Valley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/