Jones County, Iowa

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

  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.


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