Jonestown, Indiana

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_map = Map of Indiana highlighting Vermillion County.svg

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Vermillion

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Helt

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|elevation_m = 193

|elevation_ft = 633

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 47842

|area_code = 765

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Jonestown is an unincorporated community in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.{{cite web | url = {{GNIS3|437106}} | title = Jonestown, Indiana | work = Geographic Names Information System | publisher = United States Geological Survey | accessdate = July 31, 2017}}

History

Jonestown was laid out in about 1862 by Philip Jones, who gave the town his name.{{cite book|title=History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofparkeve00bfbo#page/412/mode/2up|date=1913|publisher=B.F. Bowen & Cos|page=412}} A post office called Jones was established in 1862.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 October 2015}} In 1867, the post office was transferred to Saint Bernice.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/181 181]|quote=...established on April 26, 1862; moved to nearby Saint Bernice...}}

Geography

Jonestown is located less than a mile east of the larger town of Saint Bernice.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Vermillion County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area