Welcome to Jonestown ...So far, we found very little information about Jonestown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Jonestown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jonestown, please Contact Us. Jonestown would have been located within present day Cocke County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Jonestown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. While the community is gone, the present day location for Jonestown is 1,620 feet [494 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Jonestown was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Jonestown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Jonestown: This one is located in Cocke County and the other is located in Giles County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 23 communities that are also named Jonestown - they are located in Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland (3), Mississippi (4), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jonestown. Communities near Jonestown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jonestown.
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 Jonestown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jonestown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jonestown. 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 Jonestown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jonestown. See our Newspapers Page for Jonestown. Adding Jonestown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jonestown 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 Jonestown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jonestown. Footnotes ...
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