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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>.


The location of Jonestown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


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.<4>.

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.

  • Clevenger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clevenger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Newport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Cocke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,894 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <5>
  • Jaybird
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaybird have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
    • Jaybird is located in Cocke County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
  • West Myers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Myers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Marshall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hot Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bailey Town
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
  • Parrottsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parrottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrottsville
    • Parrottsville is located in Cocke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parrottsville <5>
  • Del Rio
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)

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 for Jonestown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jonestown post office opened in 1877.

We also found Jonestown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jonestown.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 Jonestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cocke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jonestown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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