Jones Mill (also known as Jones Mills) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Hot Spring County,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 411. Jones Mill is located along

U.S. Route 270 U.S. Route 270 (US 270) is a spur of US 70. It travels for from Liberal, Kansas at US 54 and US 83 to White Hall, Arkansas at Interstate 530 (I-530) and US 65. It travels through the states of Arkansas, Oklahom ...

northwest of

Malvern Malvern or Malverne may refer to: Places Australia * Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne * Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...

. Jones Mill has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

with ZIP code 72105.

History

Jones Mill formerly had three major

Reynolds Metals Company Reynolds Group Holdings is a New Zealand based packaging company with roots in the former Reynolds Metals Company, which was the second-largest aluminum company in the United States, and the third-largest in the world. Reynolds Metals was acquire ...

plants: The Jones Mills Reduction Plant, the Malvern Cable Plant and the Hot Spring Rolling Mill. The United States War Department in October 1941 announced the Remmel Dam Aluminum Plant would be one of four defense plants built in Arkansas. Reynolds Metals bought the plant after the war. In September 1985, Reynolds Metals announced it would close its Jones Mills plant and the Patterson Reduction Plant, at Gum Springs, Arkansas, by mid-October. After the permanent closures, Reynolds Metals reported it was then operating at 72 percent of its revised reduction capacity. The cable plant was later sold and currently is owned by General Cable Corporation. Hot Spring Rolling Mill is now operated by Reynolds Packaging Group, a unit of Reynolds Group Holdings. The U.S. War Department's reduction plant was named for nearby

Remmel Dam Lake Hamilton and Lake Catherine are a pair of man-made lakes located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, serving as a tourist attraction for the area. Both Lakes were developed by Entergy, Arkansas Power & Light. History Lake Hamilton Lake Hamilton i ...

, a hydroelectric dam operated by Arkansas Power & Light Co. (now known as Entergy Arkansas.) Reynolds Metals renamed it, using the older spelling of the community's name, Jones Mills. The cable mill was named for the nearby city of Malvern. The rolling mill is named for Hot Spring County.

Demographics

2020 census

Education

Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary school students is provided by

Magnet Cove School District Magnet Cove School District is a school district headquartered in Magnet Cove, Arkansas (with a Malvern postal address), with portions in Hot Spring County and Garland County. Within Hot Springs County it includes Magnet Cove and Jones Mills ...

, which leads to graduation from

Magnet Cove High School Magnet Cove High School (MCHS) is an accredited comprehensive public high school, with grades 9-12, in Magnet Cove, Arkansas, United States, with a Malvern post office address. It is one of three high schools with Malvern post office addresses, ...

Infrastructure

Transportation

Jones Mill is connected on road by

and Arkansas Highway 51. Arkansas Midland Railroad, operating over the route of the original

Hot Springs Railroad The Hot Springs Railroad ran between Malvern, Arkansas and Hot Springs. It was sometimes called the "Diamond Jo Line" because of its developer and sole owner, Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds. Construction of narrow-gauge tracks began in April 1875 ...

, provides railroad freight service to Hot Springs and Malvern, and links to the

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

in Malvern.http://www.gwrr.com/operations/railroads/north_america/arkansas-midland-railroad/ Arkansas Midland Railroad

References

External links

Jones Mills (Hot Spring County) ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''

Remmel Dam ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''

Magnet Cove School District

GM Foundry
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