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We would like to provide the residents of  Jonesboro  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Jonesboro Home page. The Jonesboro Home page provides as much information as possible on Jonesboro. Knowing Jonesboro’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Jonesboro’s Home page, you will also find Jonesboro’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Jonesboro has a population of 73631. 48.3% of Jonesboro’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.7 are female. 44.1% of Jonesboro is married and 52.3% own their own home. The Average Home price is $161,405, and the average rent is $786. Household median income in Jonesboro is $47,062, and the individual median income is $25,822. Jonesboro’s Ethnic is the following: White(70.9%), Black(20.9%), Hispanic(6.4%), Multiple(3.6%), Other(2.5%), Asian(1.8%), Native(0.3%).


Jonesboro is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,724 as of the 2010 census. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough. During the Civil War, the final skirmish in the Atlanta Campaign was fought here south of Atlanta, cutting off the city and forcing the mayor of Atlanta to surrender at Marietta in early September 1864.


The final fall of Atlanta in the Battle of Jonesborough ended up being a decisive point in the nation's history, propelling Abraham Lincoln to re-election two months later, and continuing the war until the Confederacy finally surrendered the following year.


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