Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
JONES COUNTY, situated in the southeasterly part of North Carolina. Area, 380 square miles. Face of the country, level; soil, sandy or marshy. Seat of justice, Trenton. Pop. in 1810, 4,968; in 1820, 5,216; in 1830, 5,628; in 1840, 4,945; in 1850, 5,083. (Fanning's, 1853)