Jones County, Iowa

county in Iowa, United States

Jones County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,646.[1] The county seat is Anamosa.[2] The county was founded in 1837 and named after George Wallace Jones, a United States Senator and member of Congress.[3][4]

References change

  1. "QuickFacts: Jones County, Iowa". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Corbit, Robert McClain (1910). History of Jones County, Iowa: Past and Present, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 27.
  4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 170.