Jonesboro Historic District in

Jonesboro, Georgia Jonesboro () is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,235 in 2020. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough. During the American Civil War, the final skirmish in the Atlanta ...

is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

that was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

(NRHP) in 1972. Jonesboro was the setting of much of the 1936 novel

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind ...

; the fictional houses Tara and Twelve Oaks were placed near it, in Clayton County. It includes Stately Oaks, also separately listed on the NRHP, which is believed to be the inspiration for Tara. with It includes the Clayton County Courthouse.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Gothic Revival architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Geography of Clayton County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, Georgia {{ClaytonCountyGA-NRHP-stub