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Place Description
Jones Pond

SE Scotland County on Bridge Creek. Formed about 1810. Covers 75 acres; max. depth 8 ft.

Jones Pond

a natural lake in E Gates County fed by several small streams and emptying into the Dismal Swamp. It is about ¾ mi. long and 2 to 6 ft. deep.

Jones Store

community in S Lenoir County.

Jones Swamp

rises in W Sampson County and flows SW into South River.

Jones Swamp

W central Gates County drained by Flat Branch.

Jones's Folly

See Jones Knob.

Jonesboro

former town in central Lee County a short distance SE of Sanford. The courthouse was equidistant from the two towns. Jonesboro was settled about 1869 and inc. 1873. Named for L. C. Jones, who built the railroad between Wilmington and Sanford. Merged with Sanford, 1947. The former town is now known as Jonesboro Heights in Sanford.

Jonesboro Township

former township in E central Lee County, now township no. 2.

Jonesborough

See Camden.

Jonesville

town in NW Yadkin County on the S side of Yadkin River. Est. about 1811 on the land of Richard Cunningham and Jesse Lester and named Martinsborough, probably for Governor Alexander Martin of nearby Stokes County, who died in 1807. Name changed to Jonesville for local citizen Hardy Jones in 1815. Inc. 1852. Merged with Arlington, 2001. Alt. 998.