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Bookmark or Share- The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’ - Smithsonian MagazineThe county was known as the Free State of Jones, and some say it actually seceded from the Confederacy.
- Laurel and Jones County Mississippi - Welcome to the New State of JonesNot matter if you’re a Home Town fan, a lover of the Great Mississippi Outdoors, want to please your palate with fan-favorite restaurants, or are ready for a weekend of fabulous events, we’ve got it all in Jones County!
- Jones County MSJones County MS. Jones County is an Extraordinary Place to call Home. Board. Sheriff. Emergency. Garbage. Courts. Airport. Popular Links. LIVE. WORK. INVEST. PLAY. Less than a decade after Mississippi became the country’s 20th state, settlers carved out a 700-square mile of pine forests and streams for a new county in 1826.
- 19 Must-See Historic Places in Jones County | Plan Your Visit Laurel, MSJones County Blues – 230 Maple Street in Laurel. Big Creek Church – Highway 84 at the intersection with Big Creek Church Road. King Visits Laurel – 517 Jefferson Street in Laurel. Oak Park School – 1174 Queensburg Avenue in Laurel. Ralph Boston – 2280 Queensburg Avenue in Laurel.
- Jones County | Mississippi EncyclopediaFounded in 1826 from portions of Covington and Wayne Counties, Jones County is located in southern Mississippi’s Piney Woods region. The Leaf River traverses Jones’s western region from north to south, while Tallahoma Creek wends its way through the county’s eastern section. In the 1820s and 1830s the lands now incorporated into Jones County were […]
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