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Jones County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 10, 1807 ; 218 years ago ( 1807-12-10 )
- Named after
- James Jones
- Seat
- Gray
- Largest city
- Gray
- Total
- 395 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Land
- 394 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,171
- Density
- 72/sq mi (28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .jonescountyga .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Jones County – Rich in History and Natural Beauty
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Jones
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Gray
- Population
- 28347
- Area
- 1024
- Shares border with
- Monroe County
- Official website
- www.jonescountyga.org
- Image
- Jones County Courthouse 2012-10-04 14-37-17.jpg
- Households
- 10914
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- Commons category
- Jones County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Jones County, Georgia
- inception
- 1807-12-10
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jones County, Georgia
- native label
- Jones County
- different from
- Jones County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- per capita income
- 27555
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Encyclopedic overview
Jones County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,347. The county seat is Gray. The county was created on December 10, 1807, and named after U.S. Representative James Jones.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jones County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.