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Welcome to Jonesville ...

Jonesville is located in Roane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jonesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Jonesville is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jonesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Jonesville (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Jonesville: 865

Communities Also Named Jonesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Jonesville: This one is located in Roane County and the other is located in Fentress County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 38 communities that are also named Jonesville - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Texas (2), Vermont and Virginia.

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

Communities near Jonesville ...

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

  • Fraterville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Farragut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Lakemont Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • College Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Clinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenoir City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Harriman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Loudon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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 Jonesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jonesville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jonesville ...

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

Adding Jonesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jonesville 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 Jonesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Jonesville post office opened in 1892. The Jonesville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jonesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jonesville - 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/