Jonestown is an
unincorporated community in
Howard County,
Maryland, United States.
The Jonestown area was a historic African American community near
Ellicott City that was centered on the crossroads where
Howard High School Howard High School may refer to:
* David T. Howard High School, a former high school in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
* Howard High School of Technology, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
* Howard High School (Howard County, Maryland), in Ellicott City, Maryla ...
is presently located. The town's identity has been mostly absorbed into Ellicott City and
Columbia
Columbia may refer to:
* Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America
Places North America Natural features
* Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in ...
's
Long Reach village.
History
Jonestown appeared on Martenet's 1860 map of Howard County, George Kaiser's 1863 map of Baltimore County, and Martenet's 1865 map of Maryland.
See also
*
Bellow's Spring Methodist Church
*
Long Reach, Columbia, Maryland
References
Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Maryland
African-American history of Howard County, Maryland
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