Jones County, Iowa

Jones County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,638.[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. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  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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