Welcome to Jones ...Jones is located in Spotsylvania County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Jones, you might consider that their post office opened in 1950. Jones is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Jones lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Jones: 540 & 826<3> Communities Also Named Jones ...While we believe that this Jones is located in Spotsylvania County, we know of another 2 Virginia communities named Jones. Those communities are located in the following counties: Halifax and Roanoke County. Beyond Virginia, there are 38 communities that are also named Jones - they are located in Alabama (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah (4), Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jones. Communities near Jones ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jones.
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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jones. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jones. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones. See our Newspapers Page for Jones. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jones ...Looking for more information about Jones? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jones. Adding Jones to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jones 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jones. Footnotes ...
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