Jones County, Mississippi

Jones County is a county in Mississippi. The population of the county is 67,761.
Jones County 	Mississippi
Founded 	1826
Named for 	John Paul Jones
County seats 	Ellisville and Laurel
Largest city 	Laurel
Population 	67,761
Habitat 	Forest
Cong. District 	4th
County Guildmaster	Bernard Conway
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
Interstate 59
US Route 11
US Route 84
Mississippi Highway 15
Mississippi Highway 28
Mississippi Highway 29
Mississippi Highway 184
Mississippi Highway 529
Mississippi Highway 533
Mississippi Highway 536
Mississippi Highway 537
Mississippi Highway 588
Mississippi Highway 590
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Wayne County (east)
Jasper County (north)
Smith County (northwest)
Perry County (southeast)
Forrest County (southwest)
Covington County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
65.20% White (44,180)
28.87% Black or African American (19,562)
4.53% Hispanic or Latino (3,069)
1.40% Other (950)
22.0% (14,907) of Jones County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Mainly because of Laurel, Jones County's theft and murder rates are a bit above average. The county reported 32 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.41 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Work in progress.
Pokemon 	Location 	Rate
Bulbasaur 	Forest 	1-25%
Ivysaur 	Forest 	1-10%
Charmander 	Forest 	1-15%
Charmeleon 	Forest 	1-5%
Squirtle 	Forest 	1-11%
Caterpie 	Forest 	1-70%
Metapod 	Forest 	1-65%
Butterfree 	Forest 	1-60%
Weedle 	Forest 	1-64%
Kakuna 	Forest 	1-59%
Beedrill 	Forest 	1-54%
Rattata 	Forest 	1-35%
Raticate 	Forest 	1-20%
Ekans 	Forest 	1-40%
Arbok 	Forest 	1-21%
Pikachu 	Forest 	1-53%
Raichu 	Forest 	1-36%
Sandshrew 	Forest 	1-30%
Sandslash 	Forest 	1-20%
NidoranF 	Forest 	1-17%
NidoranM 	Forest 	1-17%
Nidorina 	Forest 	1-9%
Nidorino 	Forest 	1-9%
Vulpix 	Forest 	1-15%
Ninetales 	Forest 	1-6%
Oddish 	Forest 	1-15%
Gloom 	Forest 	1-5%
Venonat 	Forest 	1-49%
Venomoth 	Forest 	1-34%
Psyduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-34%
Golduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-9%
Poliwag 	Forest (Fishing)	1-45%
Poliwhirl 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Poliwrath 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Bellsprout 	Forest 	1-3%
Magikarp 	Forest (Fishing)	1-85%
Electabuzz 	Forest 	1-25%
Eevee 	Forest 	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Forest 	1-8%
Vaporeon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-10%
Jolteon 	Forest 	1-15%
Flareon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dratini 	Forest 	1-30%
Dragonair 	Forest 	1-15%
Chikorita 	Forest 	1-25%
Bayleef 	Forest 	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Forest 	1-30%
Quilava 	Forest 	1-17%
Totodile 	Forest 	1-50%
Croconaw 	Forest 	1-35%
Feraligatr 	Forest 	1-17%
Sentret 	Forest 	1-45%
Furret 	Forest 	1-28%
Ledyba 	Forest 	1-57%
Ledian 	Forest 	1-40%
Spinarak 	Forest 	1-44%
Ariados 	Forest 	1-25%
Pichu 	Forest 	1-45%
Mareep 	Forest 	1-43%
Flaaffy 	Forest 	1-33%
Ampharos 	Forest 	1-20%
Marill 	Forest 	1-60%
Azumarill 	Forest 	1-48%
Politoed 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Hoppip 	Forest 	1-50%
Skiploom 	Forest 	1-35%
Jumpluff 	Forest 	1-23%
Sunkern 	Forest 	1-30%
Sunflora 	Forest 	1-15%
Espeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Umbreon 	Forest 	1-5%
Heracross 	Forest 	1-30%
Stantler 	Forest 	1-35%
Treecko 	Forest 	1-30%
Grovyle 	Forest 	1-15%
Mudkip 	Forest 	1-60%
Marshtomp 	Forest 	1-45%
Swampert 	Forest 	1-27%
Zigzagoon 	Forest 	1-50%
Linoone 	Forest 	1-35%
Wurmple 	Forest 	1-75%
Silcoon/Cascoon 	Forest 	1-65%
Beautifly/Dustox	Forest 	1-55%
Ralts 	Forest 	1-40%
Kirlia 	Forest 	1-25%
Gardevoir 	Forest 	1-10%
Shroomish 	Forest 	1-40%
Breloom 	Forest 	1-21%
Azurill 	Forest 	1-54%
Electrike 	Forest 	1-44%
Manectric 	Forest 	1-26%
Minun/Plusle 	Forest 	1-40%
Zangoose 	Forest 	1-38%
Seviper 	Forest 	1-34%
Turtwig 	Forest 	1-20%
Grotle 	Forest 	1-10%
Chimchar 	Forest 	1-20%
Monferno 	Forest 	1-10%
Kricketot 	Forest 	1-62%
Kricketune 	Forest 	1-43%
Shinx 	Forest 	1-53%
Luxio 	Forest 	1-41%
Luxray 	Forest 	1-26%
Pachirisu 	Forest 	1-38%
Buizel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-57%
Floatzel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-35%
Riolu 	Forest 	1-23%
Lucario 	Forest 	1-8%
Croagunk 	Forest 	1-27%
Toxicroak 	Forest 	1-9%
Finneon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-32%
Lumineon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-16%
Leafeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Glaceon 	Forest 	1-5%
Gallade 	Forest 	1-10%
Snivy 	Forest 	1-38%
Servine 	Forest 	1-24%
Serperior 	Forest 	1-10%
Tepig 	Forest 	1-17%
Pignite 	Forest 	1-7%
Oshawott 	Forest 	1-19%
Dewott 	Forest 	1-4%
Tympole 	Forest (Fishing)	1-90%
Palpitoad 	Forest 	1-63%
Palpitoad 	Forest (Fishing)	1-78%
Seismitoad 	Forest 	1-38%
Sewaddle 	Forest 	1-70%
Swadloon 	Forest 	1-52%
Leavanny 	Forest 	1-35%
Venipede 	Forest 	1-40%
Whirlipede 	Forest 	1-25%
Scolipede 	Forest 	1-5%
Zorua 	Forest 	1-17%
Zoroark 	Forest 	1-5%
Deerling 	Forest 	1-70%
Sawsbuck 	Forest 	1-45%
Emolga 	Forest 	1-50%
Joltik 	Forest 	1-10%
Chespin 	Forest 	1-20%
Quilladin 	Forest 	1-10%
Fennekin 	Forest 	1-20%
Braixen 	Forest 	1-10%
Froakie 	Forest 	1-30%
Frogadier 	Forest 	1-15%
Greninja 	Forest 	1%
Scatterbug 	Forest 	1-85%
Spewpa 	Forest 	1-80%
Vivillon 	Forest 	1-70%
Helioptile 	Forest 	1-40%
Heliolisk 	Forest 	1-25%
Sylveon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dedenne 	Forest 	1-40%
Rowlet 	Forest 	1-20%
Dartrix 	Forest 	1-10%
Yungoos 	Forest 	1-25%
Gumshoos 	Forest 	1-10%
Togedemaru 	Forest 	1-47%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Ellisville - 4,448
Laurel - 18,540
=== Towns ===
Sandersville - 731
Soso - 408
=== CDPs ===
Sharon - 1,406
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Amy
Antioch
Eastabuchie
Errata
Glade
Hoy
Moselle
Myrick
Oak Bowery
Oak Grove
Ovett
Pecan Grove
Pendorff
Sand Hill
Service
Shady Grove
Tuckers Crossing
Whitfield
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	58 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	0 inches
Average yearly sunny days	218
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* According to tradition, the name "Soso" was derived from an old settler's common response to a question about how he was doing: "so-so". After the Civil War, yeoman farmers returned to the area. The town developed a small mixed-race community. Among its notable residents was Unionist Newton Knight, who lived there mostly after the Reconstruction era with his wife Rachel and family. Knight was known for having led the Knight Company in and around Jones County during 1863 and 1864 in resistance to Confederate authorities, trying to protect local farmers. After the war he lived in Jasper County for a time, where he was active in the Republican Party. In 1872 he was appointed as a deputy U.S. Marshal for the Southern District. After Reconstruction ended, Knight retired from politics, as white Democrats took over county and state offices.
* On October 13, 1863, a band of deserters from Jones County and adjacent counties organized to protect the area from Confederate authorities and the crippling tax collections. The company, led by Newton Knight, formed a separate government, with Unionist leanings, known as the "Free State of Jones", and fought a recorded 14 skirmishes with Confederate forces. They also raided Paulding, capturing five wagonloads of corn that had been collected for tax from area farms, which they distributed back among the local population. The company harassed Confederate officials. Deaths believed to be at their hands were reported in 1864 among numerous tax collectors, conscript officers, and other officials.
** The governor was informed by the Jones County court clerk that deserters had made tax collections in the county impossible. By the spring of 1864, the Knight company had taken effective control from the Confederate government in the county. The followers of Knight raised an American flag over the courthouse in Ellisville, and sent a letter to Union General William T. Sherman declaring Jones County's independence from the Confederacy. In July 1864, the Natchez Courier reported that Jones County had seceded from the Confederacy.
** Scholars have disputed whether the county truly seceded, with some concluding it did not. While there have been numerous attempts to study Knight and his followers, the lack of documentation during and after the war has made him an elusive figure. The rebellion in Jones County has been variously characterized as consisting of local skirmishes to being a full-fledged war of independence. It assumed legendary status among some county residents and Civil War historians, culminating in the release of a 2016 feature film, Free State of Jones. The film is credited as "based on the books The Free State of Jones by Victoria E. Bynum and The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer".
* The small, rural town of Eastabuchie is home to the studios of television station WDAM, the area's NBC and ABC affiliate.
* Hunt Refining Company has a refinery northeast of Sandersville which processes crude oil acquired primarily from local Mississippi fields. The refinery produces distillate feedstock, paving grade asphalt, heavy gas oils, naptha, and roofing grade asphalt.
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