Name | Type | Notes/Information |
Albertson | Community | Named for sawmill owner W.C. Albertson. Extinct. See Community Histories |
Alene | Community | |
Amy | Community | "A post hamlet in the northern part of Jones County, about 1 mile and 1/2 from the station of Soso on the Laurel branch of the Gulf & Ship Island R.R. and about 12 miles north of Ellisville. Population 1900, 27." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Antioch | Community | |
Bargain | Community | "A post office in the northeastern corner of Jones County, about 10 miles northeast of Laurel." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Barkley Store | Store | |
Barrontown | Community | |
Basie Branch | Stream | |
Benson | Community | |
Big Creek | Community | Early Community |
Big Creek | Stream | |
Blackburn | Community | "A station on the New Orleans & North Eastern R.R., in the south part of Jones County, 6 miles southwest of Ellisville, the County seat and nearest banking town." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Blodgett | Community | |
Bogue Homa | Indian Reservation | Band of Choctaw Indians |
Bonner | Community | Located at Sandersville |
Bonners Store | Store | Historical - Located at Sandersville |
Bush Store | Store | Historical - Located at Laurel (west) |
Calhoun | Community | |
Clark Store | Store | Historical - Located at Laurel (west) |
Cleo | Community | "A hamlet in the northwestern part of Jones County, 6 miles east of Laurel. It has rural mail delivery from Laurel. Population in the 1900, 40. " (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Cox | Community | |
Crab | Community | "A hamlet of Jones County, 5 miles west of Ellisville, the County seat. It has rural mail delivery from Ellisville." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Crottstown | Post Office | Historical - Located at Lanham. |
Currie | Community | |
Curtis | Community | |
Devall | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County, 12 miles southwest of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Docia | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County, 12 miles west of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Dollie | Community | "A hamlet of Jones County, 6 miles northwest of Ellisville. The post office here was discontinued in 1905, and it has rural free delivery from the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Eastabuchie | Community | |
Eastabutchie | Community | Settled in the 1800's. |
Eastview | Community | |
Ellisville | Community | See Community Histories |
Ellisville Depot | Community | |
Ellisville Junction | Community | Located east of Ellisville. Contributed by Buster Valentine "Lanham and Ellisville Junction are really one and the same. Lanham is the name given to a side track of the old GM&O Railroad used for timber operations. Ellisville Junction is the name derived from the junction of the Ellisville rail spur with the GM&O Railroad. The junction is at Lanham, thus the name Ellisville Junction. The Spurline Road from Highway 29 at Tallahalla Creek to old Highway 15 is the original rail spur road bed." |
Erata | Community | "A post hamlet in the northeastern part of Jones County, on the New Orleans & Northeastern R.R., 7 miles by rail from Laurel, the nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 51." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Errata | Community | |
Estabutchie | Community | "An incorporated post-town on the southern line of Jones County, on the east bank of Leaf river. It is a station on the New Orleans and North Eastern R.R., 8 miles by rail north of Hattiesburg, the nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 400, 51." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Fellowship | Post Office | "A post office in the southern part of Jones County, located on Tallahalla Creek, 15 miles south of Laurel, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Fergusons Bridge | Bridge | Historical - Located at Sandersville |
Flynt | Community | Located west of Laurel |
Fox | Community | |
Fuller | Community | "A post-village in the northeastern part of Jones County, about 14 miles from Ellisville, the County seat. The station of Brady, on the Laurel branch of the Gulf & Ship Island R.R. is the nearest railway point. Population in 1900, 100." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Georges Camp | Community | Now called SoSo |
Gitano | Community | "A post hamlet in the northwestern part of Jones County, and a station on the Gulf & Ship Island R.R., 12 miles from Laurel, the County seat and nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 20." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Gladys | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County, situated on the Leaf River, about 15 miles northwest of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Glaston | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County, 10 miles northeast of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Good Hope | Community | Early Community |
Haney | Community | "A post office of Jones County." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Harbeson | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Hawkes | Community | |
Hebron | Community | |
Heidelberg SW | Community | |
Horace | Community | "A hamlet of Jones County, situated on Tallahoma Creek, 3 miles west of Laurel, the nearest railroad and banking town, and 4 miles north of Ellisville, the County seat. The post office is discontinued, and it now has rural free delivery from Ellisville. " (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Hot Coffee | Community | |
Hoy | Community | "A post office of Jones County, on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City R. R., 4 miles north of Laurel, and 10 miles north of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Jenkins | Community | |
Johnson | Community | |
Knights Mill Pond | Lake | Historical - Located at Soso |
Lanham | Community | Contributed by Buster Valentine "Lanham and Ellisville Junction are really one and the same. Lanham is the name given to a side track of the old GM&O Railroad used for timber operations. Ellisville Junction is the name derived from the junction of the Ellisville rail spur with the GM&O Railroad. The junction is at Lanham, thus the name Ellisville Junction. The Spurline Road from Highway 29 at Tallahalla Creek to old Highway 15 is the original rail spur road bed." |
Laurel | Community | See Community Histories |
Leaf River | River | |
Lick Skillet | Community | See- Flynt |
Little Creek | Stream | |
Lucky | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Lux | Community | extinct |
Maybell | Post Office | "A post office in the western part of Jones County, situated on Leaf river, 2 miles from Ellisville, the County seat and nearest railroad and banking town." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
McGills Bridge | Bridge | Historical - Located at Heidelberg SW |
Melrose | Community | |
Mico | Community | "A post-village in the extreme northern part of Jones County, on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City R. R., 8 miles north of Laurel, the nearest telegraph, express and banking town. Population in 1900, 150." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Mill Creek | Community | |
Monarch | Community | Lanham |
Moselle | Community | "A post-hamlet in the southern part of Jones County, on the New Orleans & North Eastern R. R., 10 miles south of Ellisville, the County seat. It has a money order post office. Population in 1900, 73." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907). See Community Histories |
Mount Olive | Community | |
Mount Zion | Community | |
Myrick | Community | "A post-hamlet of Jones County, 13 miles northeast of Ellisville, the County seat. Population in 1900, 20 ." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Napeir | Post Office | "A post office of Jones County, 10 miles southwest of Ellisville, the County seat." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Oak Bowery | Community | Located at Seminary |
Oak Grove | Community | Located at Ellisville |
Ovett | Community | "A money order post-town, in the southeastern part of Jones County, on the Big Bogue Homo, about 15 miles southeast of Ellisville, the County seat. It is on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City R. R., and is a prosperous town." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Pecan Grove | Community | Located at Ellisville |
Pendorff | Community | Located at Laurel West |
Pineview | Community | |
Pinnellville | Community | "A post-hamlet of Jones County, situated on Rahomo creek, an affluent of the Leaf river, about 10 miles northwest of Ellisville, the county seat and nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 34." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Pleasant Grove | Community | |
Pleasant Ridge | Community | Located at Laurel West |
Powers | Community | Located at Laurel East |
Queensburg | Community | Located at Laurel West |
Rainey | Community | Located at Moselle |
Reddoch | Post Office | Historical - Located at Hebron |
Rhodes | Community | |
Sand Hill | Community | Located at Moselle |
Sandersville | Community | "An incorporated post-town in the northeastern part of Jones County, on the New Orleans & North Eastern R. R., 10 miles northeast of Laurel. The Bank of Sandersville was established in 1905. Lumbering and stock raising are the important industries of the locality. It has a money order post office. Population in 1900, 357." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Sanford | Community | |
Seminary | Community | |
Service | Community | Located at Laurel West |
Shady Grove | Community | Located at Moss |
Sharon | Community | Located at Sandersville |
Shelton | Community | "A post-hamlet of Jones County, 12 miles southwest of Ellisville, the county seat and nearest banking town. Population in 1900, 46." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Soso | Community | "A station on the Laurel branch of the Gulf & Ship Island R. R., in the northwestern part of Jones County, 10 miles by rail from Laurel, the nearest banking town. It has a money order post office. Population in 1900, 50." (Source: Rowland, Dunbar, ed. 1907) |
Springhill | Community | Located at Laurel East |
Strengthford | Community | |
Summerland | Community | |
Tallahoma | Community | |
Tallahoma Creek | Creek | |
Tawanta | Community | Located at Ellisville |
Taylorsville | Community | |
Tuckers | Community | |
Tuckers Crossing | Community | Located at Laurel East |
Tuscanola | Community | |
Union | Community | Located at Barrontown |
Walters | Community | Located at Laurel West |
Wheelerville | Community | |
Whitfield | Community | Located at Ovett |