Official Name: | Jones Prairie, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Jones Prairie |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Milam |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 436 |
Coordinates: | 30.9631°N -96.835°W |
Area Code: | 512 & 737 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380011 |
Jones Prairie is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 35 in 2000.
Jones Prairie was named for Joseph Patterson Jones. The population of Jones Prairie was 100 from the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, but had gone down to 35 in 1990 and 2000.
Jones Prairie is located on Farm to Market Road 979, 10miles northeast of Cameron in northern Milam County.
Jones Prairie had its own school in 1884. Today, the community is served by the Cameron Independent School District.