Jonestown is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Howard County,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
, United States.
The Jonestown area was a historic African American community near
Ellicott City that was centered on the crossroads where
Howard High School is presently located. The town's identity has been mostly absorbed into Ellicott City and
Columbia'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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