| Athol - west of Clinton, near Oakmulgee River, 1885 map. |
| Bethsaida - Granville W. Foster was postmater here in 1831 |
| Blount aka Blounts, Blountville/Blountsville -Founded before 1817. Named for James Blount family of Plymouth, N.C. and Jones Co. store, Eight miles north of Gray. at junction of roads from Clinton to Eatonton and from Milledgeville to Monticello. Post office here in 1830. John Ticknor was postmaster here in 1831. Frances Tufts was the postmaster here in 1846. "Before Civil War it was a busy community with a wagon factory, stage coach station and post office. It disappeared after the severe destruction it suffered during the war." Post office reestablished in 1890 under name of Blountsville. Families: Blount, Clark, Cureton, McCullough, Miller. Ticknor, Tufts. MAP |
| Bradley - 3 miles northwest of Gray. Named for John Wiley Bradley, Jr. who founded the town and was the first depot agent when the Central of Georia came through the area in 1886. Also see this link. |
| Camp Hope - training ground for Georgia Militia War of 1812 |
| Campbell- 1915 map between Wayside and Round Oak |
| Cardville - Community located northwest of Gray, near Oakmulgee river, 1864 map listed as Cardswell. Post office here in 1863 |
| Cheatham - 1915 map |
| Clinton
-Created 1808. incorporated 1816 . Commissioners of town: James Jones,
Zachaiah Pope, James Saffold, J. Bowers, John Mitchell, Bolar Allen and
Jonathan Parrish. Incorporated again 1872, town council: Henry Christian,
Robert M. Kingman, George W. Mann, Roland T. Ross, Henry S. Graves, William
A. Juhan and Ambrose M. Pound. See Macon Telegraph 2-5-1889. Among the
first settlers wre the Lowthers, Griswolds, Gibsons, Bowers, Gordons and
Flewellens. James Smith was postmaster here in 1831.
Links to features at Georgia Archives : Street in Clinton 1900 Courthouse Clinton Hotel Old Jail Methodist Church Lowther Hall |
| Cornucopia - Northwest corner of Jones County. Grocery store and billiard saloon were here in 1860. Post office here in 1863. Called Grab All in 1863 map. Some Families: Anderson, Butler, Clark, Holland, McClendon, Middlebrooks, Ridney, Tyner. 1899 map |
| Crutchfield - Community west of Round Oak. 1915 map |
| Cumlso - RR station south of Gray |
| East Juliette. Link to 1920 aerial photo |
| Etheridge - Community north of Blountsville, post office here in 1851, 1864 map. |
| Fippin -Community west of Round Oak |
| Five Points - 1883 map. W. B. Finney lived here in 1883. Earlier Names Smalls Crossing, Tranquilla. Map |
| Flat Shoal(s) - Was community near Commissioner's Creek, Hwy. 49. William Lee was living here in 1810. Thomas's Mill here in 1810; Flat Shoal Academy 1826. Flat Shoals Baptist Church here in 1835. Other families Gen Sam Dale (had mills here), Barfield, Choates, Cobb, Moore, Northern, Pettigrew, Woolfork. Cemetery, |
| Fort Hawkins (now Bibb) |
| Fortville- Community north of Haddock, 5 miles from Clinton. Post office here in 1830. Robert Hutchings was postmaster here in 1831 Families: Clark, Hutchings, Lester, Moghorn, Singleton, Tinsley |
| Freeman's Store - Allen Greene was postmaster here in 1831. |
| Glovers/Glovers Mill/East Juliette. - Located Jones County side of Oakmulgee River, Northwest Jones Co. |
| Gray |
| Griswoldville Post office here in 1851 |
| Haddock - located east of Gray. Also see this link |
| Hester - 1910 map |
| James - 1883 map. "Located about 5 miles southeast of Gray. Named by officials of the Georgia Railroad for Lemuel Photo James, Sr., a bridge builder for the railroad, who settled here. Families: Etheridge, Greene. James, Kingman, Moore, Slocumb. Map |
| Lanndington - 1839 map |
| Midway- 1839 map Community midway between Blountsville and Hillsboro, Jasper Co. |
| Morton- Station 1895. South of Gray. Map |
| Mountain Springs - Community northeast of Gray. Church here. Map |
| Pine Ridge - located between Haddock and Gray. Map |
| Plentitude - 1899 map. Community S.W. of Gray. Families, Gordon, Tribble, Walker. Churches - Pentitude, Mt. Pleasant Baptist, Map |
| Pippin - Community located near Glovers, Cornucopia Cardville in Northwest Jones 1899 map |
| Pitts - Community located on Hwy 49, Pitts Chapel Rd. Map |
| Postell - Railroad station, south of James. Map |
| Poverty Hill - Located near Bibb County line. Post office here in 1856 - 1863, 1863 map |
| Ringsville - 1915 map |
| Roberts Station aka Robertsville - settled by Reuben Roberts family. Other Families: Balkcom, Brown, Isaacs, Lowe, Stripling |
| Round Oak - incorporated in 1914, Sam McCullough was first Mayor, Aldermen: W. H. Basson, W.H. Gordon, Sr., J. T. Williams, B. G. Borom, J. C. White. Other families: Barron, Hardeman, Harris, Hathaway, Henderson, Hunt, King, Marshall Ridley, White, Ridley. Map... Also see this link. |
| Slocumb - 1895 map |
| Stallings - Community north east of Gray. Map |
| Three Points - Community south west of Gray. Map |
| Todd - 1910 map |
| Tranquilla - 1855 map Home and Post Office of Judge Joseph Day. Post Office here 1851. Called Five Points and Smalls Crossing. Shermans troops marched through here in November 1865. Map |
| Union Hill Community located northeast of county near Putnam County line. An academy, church and school were located here. |
| Van Buren - Community on Central of Georia railroad southwest of Gray, near Robertsville 1899 map |
| Wallace- Community southeast of Gray. 1846 map, Post office here in 1851. |
| Wayside - Located six miles N.W. of Gray. Families: Barfield, Brooks, Bryant, Childs, Simmons, Smith, Wall. Map. See this link |
| Whitaker- Railroad station near Wilkinson County line, 1863 map |
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