Jones County/Texas Counties Power Trail #127 Traditional Cache
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Jones County/Texas Counties Power Trail #127
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Jones County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. In 2000, it population was 20,785. It is included in the
Abilene, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is
Anson. Both the county and its county seat are named for Anson
Jones, the fifth president of the Republic of Texas. Jones County
is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of
Texas.
Jones County is on the West Texas prairies, bounded on the north by
Stonewall and Haskell counties, on the east by Shackelford County,
on the south by Taylor County and the city of Abilene, and on the
west by Fisher County. The center of the county lies at 32° 45'
north latitude and 99° 54' west longitude. The county was named for
Anson Jones, statesman of the Republic of Texas. Anson is the
county seat. The county is crossed by U.S. highways 180, 83, and
277, State highways 6 and 92, and the Burlington Northern Railroad.
Jones County covers 937 square miles of rolling plains with
elevations that range from 1,600 to 1,900 feet above sea level.
Annual rainfall is twenty-five inches. January's average minimum
temperature is 31° F; July's average maximum is 97° F. The county
has a growing season of 223 days, soils are black to sandy loam
with clayey subsoils, and between 51 and 60 percent of the land is
considered prime farmland. Jones County is in the rolling plains
vegetation area, with tall grasses and mesquite trees. It is
drained by the Clear Fork of the Brazos River and its
tributaries.
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