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
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.

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