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Texas
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JONES COUNTY,
TEXAS
32° 44' 24"
N, 99° 52' 48" W (32.74, -99.88)
Population: 20,202 (2010)
Total Area: 937 square miles (2,430 km2)
929 square miles (2,410 km2) land
8.6 square miles (22 km2) water. |
Jones County
History
(1936 Centennial
Marker on courthouse square, intersection of US 277 and 180)
JONES COUNTY
Site of emigrant trail, the frontier military road, and Fort
Phantom Hill, founded in 1851 to guard the military road. County
created 1858 from Bexar and Bosque counties.
Named for Anson
Jones (1798-1858), a veteran of San
Jacinto, minister to the U.S., Secretary of State and last President
of the Texas Republic.
Phantom Hill,
in 1858-1861 a Butterfield Overland Mail Station, was in 1861-1865
a Civil War patrol point, trying to curb frontier raids by Indians.
The county was recreated in 1876, organized 1881.
Anson (at first called Jones City) is county seat.
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Jones County
Town List
Cities, Towns &
Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments,
museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images,
area destinations, hotels,
and forum.
County Seat - Anson
Book Area Hotel - Abilene
Hotels |
Jones County
Vintage Maps
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1882 Map showing
Jones County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
From 1907 Texas
state (postal) map #2090 showing Jones County
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
From
1920 Texas state map #10749 showing Jones County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
From
1940 Texas state map #4335 showing Jones County
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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