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| ''']''' most commonly refers to the former communal settlement of the Peoples Temple, in northwestern Guyana, site of the mass murder-and-suicide in 1978 to which that place owes its notoriety. (In such reference, it may mean the place itself, or the said incident there.) | ''']''' most commonly refers to the former communal settlement of the Peoples Temple, in northwestern Guyana, site of the mass murder-and-suicide in 1978 to which that place owes its notoriety. (In such reference, it may mean the place itself, or the said incident there.) | ||
| '']'' is the name of the controversial 2006 biography of Australian radio personality ], written by ]. | |||
| '''Jonestown''' may also refer to any of the many other places of that name: | '''Jonestown''' may also refer to any of the many other places of that name: | ||
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Jonestown most commonly refers to the former communal settlement of the Peoples Temple, in northwestern Guyana, site of the mass murder-and-suicide in 1978 to which that place owes its notoriety. (In such reference, it may mean the place itself, or the said incident there.)
Jonestown: The Power and The Myth of Alan Jones is the name of the controversial 2006 biography of Australian radio personality Alan Jones, written by Chris Masters.
Jonestown may also refer to any of the many other places of that name:
In Guyana:
In the United States of America (perhaps exhaustively):
- Jonestown, Georgia, in Fannin County, near the three-state point with Tennessee and North Carolina
- Jonestown, Indiana, in Vermillion County, near the Illinois border, almost due west from Indianapolis
- Jonestown, Kentucky, now within greater Lexington, towards its edge, almost due south of the city center
- Jonestown, Caroline County, Maryland, east of Chesapeake Bay, near Preston
- Jonestown, Howard County, Maryland, roughly a quarter of the way from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., but slightly northwest of the direct route, along the way thence to Columbia
- Jonestown, Saint Mary's County, Maryland, west of Chesapeake Bay, near Lexington Park
- Jonestown, Alcorn County, Mississippi
- Jonestown, Coahoma County, Mississippi
- Jonestown, Warren County, Mississippi
- Jonestown, Yazoo County, Mississippi
- Jonestown, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
- Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Jonestown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Jonestown, Washington County, Pennsylvania
- Jonestown, South Carolina, in Horry County
- Jonestown, Tennessee, in Giles County
- Jonestown, Texas, in Travis County, northwest of Austin
- Jonestown, Virginia, in Rockbridge County
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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