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Jones County, North Carolina

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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8historic places

—earliest paper

1779formed

9,172pop. 2020

—cemeteries

4CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Pollocksville, Trenton, Pink Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jones titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bryan-Bell Farm	Pollocksville	District	1989
Eagle Nest	Pink Hill	Building	1974
Foscue Plantation House	Pollocksville	Building	1971
Foscue and Simmons Plantations	Pollocksbille	District	1998
Grace Episcopal Church	Trenton	Building	1972
Lavender, Bryan, House	Pollocksville	Building	1985
Sanderson House	Pollocksville	Building	1971
Trenton Historic District	Trenton	District	1974

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jones was formed in 1779 (1779-02-12) from Craven.

JONES created from CRAVEN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jones County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,822	4,339	5,216	4,945	5,730	7,491	8,226	9,912	10,926	11,004	11,005	9,705	10,381	9,172

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Wyse Fork	4,971	26.1 km	NC017
Kinston	2,385	28.0 km	NC007
New Berne	1,699	31.2 km	NC003
Fort Anderson	841	31.4 km	NC010

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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