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Welcome to Jonah ...

Jonah is located in Hill Country.

Jonah is located in Williamson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jonah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Jonah is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Jonah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Jonah - they are located in Kansas and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Jonah ...

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

  • Round Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Georgetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Leander
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <3>
  • Pflugerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hutto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hutto is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hutto <3>
  • Taylor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Taylor is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,921 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <3>
  • Jarrell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bartlett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Granger
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jonah ...

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

Adding Jonah to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jonah post office opened in 1884. The Jonah post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jonah.

Footnotes ...

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