Jones County, North Carolina

Founding: 1779
Parent county: Craven
Namesake: Willie Jones, North Carolina politician
Seat: Trenton (1779–)
Land area: 471 square miles
Population (2020): 9,172
Population (historic): 4,796 (1790); 4,945 (1840); 5,002 (1870); 8,226 (1900); 10,428 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1950; 1990s
Subdivisions: Three towns; seven townships
National Register listings: Nine
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 417 (8.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 37.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $441
Average outbuilding value (1930): $305

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 1,540
Average farm size (1920): 34.3 acres
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Trenton

 
Namesake: The Trent River
Founding: 1779 (founding); 1784 (platting); 1799 (post office)
Population (2020): 238
Population (historic): 98 (1810); 149 (1880); 338 (1900); 500 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–1930; 1940s; 1960s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (28.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Eagle Nest / John Giles Farm (c. 1800). 392 Eagle Nest Farm Road.
2. *Amos Simmons House (c. 1875). 7350 Old US Highway 17. Italianate. Razed.
3. *Simon Foscue Farm (c. 1801). 7509 Old US Highway 17. Georgian.
4. *Josiah Howard Farm (c. 1798). 511 Pole Pocosin Road.
5. *Bryan–Bell Farm (c. 1845/1920). 4154 State Route 58. Classical Revival.
6. *Jesse Kinsey House (c. 1855). 2039 US Highway 258. Greek Revival.
7. *David Green House (c. 1855). 2444 Wyse Fork Road.