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Fort Jones, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 660
Housing Units (2000): 328
Land area (2000): 0.601828 sq. miles (1.558728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.601828 sq. miles (1.558728 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25128
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.607303 N, 122.841817 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96032
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 328
Land area (2000): 0.601828 sq. miles (1.558728 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.601828 sq. miles (1.558728 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25128
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.607303 N, 122.841817 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96032
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Fort Jones
Fort Jones may mean:
- Fort Jones, the U. S. Army outpost in Siskiyou County, California
- Fort Jones, California, a town 1 mile north of the site of the old Fort Jones, in Siskiyou County.
- Fort Jones, Calaveras County, California, an unincorporated town in Calaveras County.
Fort Jones (Mount Oliver)
Fort Jones, with its companion, Fort Laughlin were Civil War redoubts, built by the employees of Jones and Laughlin Steel in June and July 1863 for the defense of Pittsburgh from a suspected invasion by Confederate troops. It is named for Benjamin Franklin Jones, a local businessman. Fort Jones occupied the top of a hill in Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. It was totally destroyed in 1868, and became the site of St. Joseph's Church at 438 Ormsby Street, for which the site was originally purchased. The church is now closed. It was sometimes known as Fort Jackson, in honor of Brig. General Conrad Feger Jackson, killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862.