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Jones, OK city
hall is on Facebook! Here 
*NEW*
- The Town of Jones City
developed a Local Hazard Mitigation
Plan (LHMP) to make the Town and its
residents less vulnerable to future
hazard events. This plan was
prepared pursuant to the
requirements of the Disaster
Mitigation Act of 2000 so that Jones
City would be eligible for the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency‘s (FEMA) Pre-Disaster
Mitigation and Hazard Mitigation
Grant programs.
Download the LHMP Leave
comments on our Facebook page or
email
Tammy Wallace.
Meet Michelle Murray, our newest PWA
Clerk/Deputy Court Clerk. Send
Michelle a welcome email.
michelle.murray@townofjonescity.com
Council
meetings are now the first Tuesday
of every month at 6:00 PM
See
pictures from the Jones Police
department's shooting competition
Here
2010
Jones Police Dept. Statistics Now
Available
Here
Jones
Historical Society - Help US Tell
The Story
The Jones
Oklahoma Historical Society museum
is currently undergoing a renovation
and we would greatly appreciate your
assistance in expanding our
collection, especially in the
following areas:
If you have
any artifacts, or most especially
PHOTOs, we would appreciate very
much if you could loan them to us
for scanning and copying. We have
almost nothing from the 1920's, 30's
and 40's and only a little form the
50's.
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Jones High School -
While we have nice
State Center
collection, we have
very few artifacts
and photos of high
school life and
alumni from before
the 1960's. Most
prized are group,
club, team and
special occasion
photos.
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Town life and
residents - Examples
would be street
scenes, clubs and
organizations,
festivals and
special events.
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Military - While we
have a good start on
our collection of
veterans, we have
almost nothing of
women, wives, and
sweethearts that
served at home or
abroad. Pictures of
men with their
significant other
would be great
additions to the
collection. Also
needed are photos of
the WWI and Korean
era.
Artifacts and
photos can be given to the museum
permanently or on loan. All photos
will be promptly scanned and
returned to the owners.
If you have
anything you would be willing to
share, please feel free to contact
us at any time.
John McEwen -
399-2228 Joe
Dooling - 396-4725
Jim Selders - 399-3134
Jones Historical Society Website
Town Council
Meeting:
First Tuesday every month at 6:00PM
Town Planning Commission Meeting:
First Monday every month at 7:00PM
(No meeting if agenda is clear)
To receive building
permits or inspections from the building
inspector or questions about flood plain
management contact Tim Weathers at City
Hall.
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*NEW*
Jones Public Works is changing
the way utility bills need to be
paid. Starting January 25, 2012
Jones City Hall will no
longer accept utility payments
at the window or in the night
drop. All payments will
need to be mailed to the address
above. A return envelope will be
provided with your utility bill
with the new address were to
mail your utility payment.
If you would prefer not to
mail your payment you can make
payments with credit card online
here at
www.townofjonescity.com
or have payments debited from
your checking account. If you
would like more information
about the online payments or
auto withdraw from checking call
Jones City Hall 399-5301.
Jones Public Works only
payment options:
Mailed to Lock Box in OKC
Pay with Credit Card online
Auto withdrawal from your checking
Previous News:
Jones Public Works is
going paperless.
If you have an ebilling
registration with the Jones
Public Works you will no longer
receive a paper bill each month
starting June 24, 2011.
If you would still like to
receive a paper bill each month
please email the City Clerk,
tammy.wallace@townofjonescity.com.
In the email please include the
name on the account and the
Jones Public Works account
number. Starting June 25th you
will receive your bill and the
monthly insert by email.
Please email the City Clerk
tammy.wallace@townofjonescity.com
by June 24 before noon if you
want to receive a paper bill
each month. If the City Clerk
does not receive an email back
from you we will keep your
account on the paperless
billing.
Any questions about the
paperless billing please call
Tammy Wallace at 399-5301
Thank you for helping Jones
Public Works to go paperless.
Previous News:
Starting now, online eBilling will is
available in Jones!
Look for flyer in your next utility
bill.
New Online eBilling will provide the
following abilities:
- Pay your utilities online through us
- Pay your utilities by automatic
withdraw
- Establish an EFT to do online
payments through your bank
- Pay at the cashiers widow by
credit/debit card
- Pay court fees/traffic tickets via
credit/debit at City Hall
- Reserve community center via
credit/debit at City Hall
- Purchase permits via credit/debit at
City Hall
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City Hall
110 E. Main St.
Jones OK, 73049
City Clerk/Court Clerk Tammy Wallace
E-mail:
tammy.wallace@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-5301
PWA Utility Clerk/Deputy Court Clerk
Michelle Murray
E-Mail:
michelle.murray@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-5301
City Treasurer Philip Johnston
E-mail:
philip.johnston@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-5301
Permits/Building Inspector/Code
Enforcement/Flood Plain Admin.
Tim Weathers
E-mail:
tim.weathers@townofjonescity.com
Office Phone (405) 399-5301
Cell Phone: (405) 229-2050
Public Works Authority
Superintendent Carlton Taylor
E-Mail:
carlton.taylor@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-4722
Jones Police Dept.
Chief Thomas Pletcher
E-Mail:
thomas.pletcher@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-2255
Jones Fire Dept.
Chief Mark Taylor
E-Mail:
mark.taylor@townofjonescity.com
Phone: 399-5200
Animal Control
David Davenport
Phone: 639-7111
Webmaster: Jeff Eager
E-Mail:
jeff.eager@townofjonescity.com
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Mayor Ray Poland
Email Mayor Poland
City Council:
(Left to right) Michael Calvert, Teresa Shuffield, Mayor Ray Poland, Vice Mayor Matt
Elerick, Randy McMillan
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Jones is a town in Oklahoma County, in the Oklahoma City metro
area. Covering 13.662 square miles, present Jones is surrounded on three
sides by Oklahoma City and by the town of Harrah to the east-southeast
and the town of Choctaw to the south-southeast.
Luther F. Aldrich platted the town site on April 22, 1898.
Aldrich, a friend and business associate of Oklahoma City's three-time
mayor Charles G. "Gristmill" Jones, named the town after him, and Jones
later named his eldest son Luther, indicating his esteem for Aldrich.
C. G. Jones, a industrialist and railroad promoter, was
instrumental in bringing the railroad through a town know then as Glaze,
Oklahoma.
C.G. Jones played a big part in Oklahoma Statehood, and was also
a State Reprehensive, just to name a few of his accomplishments.
Jones Oklahoma Historical Society Museum located at First and
Boston Street.
Jones is situated just south of the
place that Washington Irving described as "The Ringing of Horses" (site
listed in the National Register of Historic Places, NR 71001081) in his
book A Tour on the Prairies (1835).
In early years the economic base was agriculture. The Charles G.
Jones Farmstead is also listed in the National Register of Historic
Places (NR 01000658).
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Jones was
strategically located to take maximum
advantage of the railroad for shipping,
for commuting to work, and for traveling
to Tulsa or Oklahoma City for shopping
and entertainment. Successful promotion
attracted new residents to the area, and
circa 1902 Edwin G. Bedford platted an
addition to the town.
Jones incorporated on January 4, 1909.
In 1910 the U.S. Census counted 163
inhabitants.
In the early 1940s, during World War II,
Midwest Air Depot (later Tinker Air
Force Base) opened twenty miles south of
Jones and became a prime employment
center. After the war ended, trains no
longer stopped at Jones, commuters
traveled by automobile to the air depot
or Oklahoma City, finding it convenient
to shop in that city before returning
home from work.
The town has grown
steadily during the second half of the
twentieth century from 794 residents in
1960 to 2,270 in 1980, and 2,517 in
2000. The relatively sudden increase in
population indicated that the town had
become a "bedroom" community.
By 2000 approximately half of the
employed residents commuted at least
thirty minutes to jobs in larger towns.
Jones has a mayor-council form of
government, and its public schools
enrolled 1,048 in grades kindergarten
through twelve in 2000.
For more: go to
http://jonesoklahomahistoricalsociety.org/
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Jones Public Schools
(Website)
Superintendant: Mike Steel
415 SW 3rd
Jones, OK 73049
(405)399-9215
Jones High School
Principal: Carl
Johnson
304 Hawaii
Jones,
OK 73049
(405)
399-9122
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Jones Middle School
Principal: Pam Lucas
16011 NE Wilshire
Jones, OK 73049
(405)399-9114
Jones Elementary School
Principal: Cindy Harrison
13145 Montana
Jones, OK 73049
(405)399-9118 |
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(Google Maps)
The latitude of Jones is 35.565N. The longitude
is -97.286W. Elevation is 1,112 feet.
Revised July
2007 Estimate
Population
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2,690
Growth Rate - 5.9%
Latino -
 2.9%
White -
 86%
Black -
 4.4%
Native American -
 6.2%
Other -
 0.6%
Family Statistics
Married, w/children
Married, no children
Single, w/children
Single, no children
Divorced
Separated
Widowed
Now Married
Never Married |
Jones
24.33%
33.50%
9.89%
6.00%
11.22%
1.36%
8.32%
59.67%
19.43% |
National
Average
27.90%
31.04%
9.43%
30.05%
7.64%
2.82%
7.42%
57.73%
24.39% |
The median age for
residents in Jones, OK is 38.4 (this is
older than average age in the U.S.).
The
size of Jones, OK is
13.67 square miles.
The number of
homes in Jones, OK is
986. The median home cost in Jones is
$92,214
(It was $59,400 in 2000). Home appreciation the
last year has been up
5.05%.
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Compared to the
rest of the country, Jones's cost of living is
23% lower than the U.S. average at
78.7 (U.S. Average is 100).
The unemployment rate in Jones is 4.3%
(U.S. avg. is 5%). Recent job growth is 2.75%.
The overall population density of Jones, OK is
197 (people per square mile).
| Median
Household Income |
|
U.S. |
$49,191 |
|
Oklahoma County |
$41,567 |
|
Jones |
$43,504 |
Cities, Towns, Villages near Jones
| City |
Population |
| Arcadia |
279 |
| Choctaw |
9,377 |
| Del City |
22,128 |
| Edmond |
68,315 |
| Fallis |
28 |
| Forest Park |
1,066 |
| Harrah |
4,717 |
| Jones |
2,517 |
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Lake
Aluma |
97 |
| Luther |
612 |
| McLoud |
3,548 |
| Midwest City |
54,048 |
| Nicoma Park |
2,415 |
| Smith Village |
40 |
| Spencer |
3,746 |
| Valley Brook |
817 |
Crime
The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI
in 2006 was 2. The number of
murders and homicides was 0. The crime
index was 57.3 in 2006 (U.S. Average is 100).
Highest Education
For population 25 years and
over in Jones
High school or higher: 75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%
Graduate or professional degree:
5.1%
Unemployed: 3.6%
Mean travel time to work: 27.1
minutes
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