Jonestown is a

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(CDP) in

Columbia County, Pennsylvania Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. It ...

, United States. It is part of

Northeastern Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA or Nepa) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton (the area's largest city), Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Ha ...

. The population was 115 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.

History

Jonestown was established by Benjamin Jones in 1809, when he built a

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in the community, followed by a

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in 1811. The gristmill was used until 1968. A path between

Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre ( , alternatively or ) is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. ...

and Muncy once passed through Jonestown. Historically, the

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passed through Jonestown. As of 1915, there was a hotel in Jonestown.

Geography

Jonestown is located in northeastern Columbia County at (41.126639, -76.302364), at the foot of the north side of Huntington Mountain (also known as Knob Mountain). It is in southeastern Fishing Creek Township, on both sides of Huntington Creek, which runs southwest along the foot of Knob Mountain to join Fishing Creek, which in turn flows to the

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. According to the

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, the Jonestown CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.49%, is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 64 people, 28 households, and 19 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 36 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00%

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. There were 28 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.74. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.7% age 19 and under, 1.6% from 20 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 36.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.9 males. The population was composed of 44.8% males and 56.3% females. The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $42,143. The

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for the CDP was $7,878. There were no families and 4.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 0.0% of those over 64.

Education

The school district is

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/ref> The district's schools are L.R. Appleman Elementary School and

Benton Middle-Senior High School Benton Middle Senior High School is a tiny, rural, public combined middle school and high school in Benton, Pennsylvania. As of 2018, BAHS had 179 students enrolled. Benton Middle Senior High School serves the Boroughs of Benton and Stillwate ...

References

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