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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 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
References
- Alice Cornelison; Silas E. Craft Sr.; Lillie Price. History of Blacks In Howard County. p. 40.
- Martenet, Simon J. (1860). "Martenet's Map of Howard County, Maryland : drawn entirely from actual surveys". Library of Congress.
- Kaiser, George (1863). "Military map, Baltimore Co., Md". Library of Congress.
- Martenet, Simon J. (1886). "Martenet's map of Maryland : including the District of Columbia, a sketch of Delaware, and a portion of northern and eastern Virginia showing some of the most interesting localities of the late war". Library of Congress.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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