Jonesboro’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Jonesboro. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Jonesboro was named for Doctor Jones, a pioneer settler. It was the location of the third of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, on September 15, 1858. The Trail of Tears State Forest is nearby.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Jonesboro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jonesboro’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHABS ILL,91-JONBO,1- (sheet 1 of …, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Jonesboro, decade by decade
1990s
unknown2 items
Nothing in Jonesboro is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Jonesboro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Anna, 0.9 miles away.
Jonesboro and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HABS ILL,91-JONBO,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Old Jail Building, First and Mississippi Streets (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.