Jonesboro, Texas
Ghost town in Hamilton County, Coryell County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Jonesboro
Jonesboro is an unincorporated community in Coryell and Hamilton counties in Central Texas, United States. The Coryell County portion of the community is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The United States Postal Service operates the Jonesboro Post Office.
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How Jonesboro is governed
Jonesboro appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Hamilton County, Coryell County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Jonesboro does have local officials.
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Residents of Jonesboro
Registered voters elect the officials below.
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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The professional administrator who runs day-to-day operations (in some cities appointed by the council instead of the mayor).
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Police Chief
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Leads the police department.
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Fire Chief
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Leads the fire and emergency services department.
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Planning & Zoning Director
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks & Recreation Director
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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The elected body that passes ordinances, sets the tax rate and approves the budget.
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.
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Boards & Commissions
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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Municipal Court
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
William L. and David Jones built a steam-powered sawmill and gristmill on the Leon River in 1866. It was first settled sometime after the Civil War and was named as Jones Mill. The local church and Masonic organization shared a large frame building in this area that was built from 1869 to 1873. Its post office was established in 1871, with Charles Pate as postmaster. The community's name was changed to Jonesboro in 1877 and had 350 residents. It was served by two steam-powered gristmills and cotton gins, a sawmill, and three churches in the mid-1880s. The population boomed to 700 during the next decade, which declined when the Stephenville North and South Texas Railway bypassed the community in 1911, after which it went down to 450 in 1914. Despite the improvement of the economy in 1930s, the community went into another decline when Texas State Highway 36 was built. The population was 378 from the 1930s to the mid-1960s and continued to fall to 200 from the mid-1970s through 2000.
An article reporting the murder of Sandeela Kanwal mistook the place of the murder for Jonesboro.
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