Jonesboro, Oregon
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Jonesboro ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|oʊ|n|z|b|ʌ|r|ə}}) was an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis |id= 1158301 |name= Jonesboro (historical)|entrydate= November 28, 1980 |accessdate= January 29, 2012}}(dead link) It is located on U.S Route 20, between Juntura and Harper, near the Malheur River.{{Cite OGN|7th|page=517}}{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |pages= 82–83}}
Jonesboro was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad. It was named for William Jones, a local cattle rancher. The now torn-up railroad line was decommissioned in the early 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/wyco/WYCOScrap.html |title= Oregon Eastern Division: WYCO Scrap Trains |work= High Desert Rails|publisher= trainweb.org |accessdate= January 29, 2012}}
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External links
- [http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/wyco/WYCOScrap.html History of the Union Pacific Burns branch including an image of a scrap train near Jonesboro]
- [http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/wyco/UPScrap.html More history of the UP with image of train near Jonesboro]
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Category:Former populated places in Malheur County, Oregon
Category:Ghost towns in Oregon
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