Jones, OK
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  Town Council Meeting
Tuesday June 16th at 7:00PM
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Town Planning Commission Meeting
TBD


    
  Mayor's Corner
See what is on the Mayor's mind.		   The town of Jones's new mayor Ray Poland invites you to participate, in his new role, and exercise your civic duties.

He will communicate answers to your questions and, surely, provide you with new questions. Start Now.		  


  History      
  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).

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, Oklahoma

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. 		 
        
  
  Census Data and Demographics      
Location
Jones, Oklahoma
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The latitude of Jones is 35.565N. The longitude is -97.286W. Elevation is 1,112 feet.

Revised July 2007 Estimate
Population - 2,517 people live in Jones, OK (Oklahoma) 2,690
Growth Rate - 5.9%
Latino - 2.94% of residents in Jones, OK are Latino 2.9%
White - 86.02% of residents in Jones, OK are Caucasian 86%
Black - 4.41% of residents in Jones, OK are of African descent 4.4%
Native American - 3.34% of residents in Jones, OK are Native American 6.2%
Other - 3.13% of residents in Jones, OK are of undetermined descent 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%.
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 Arcadia, Oklahoma's population: 279 279
Choctaw Choctaw, Oklahoma's population: 9,377 9,377
Del City Del City, Oklahoma's population: 22,128 22,128
Edmond Edmond, Oklahoma's population: 68,315 68,315
Fallis Fallis, Oklahoma's population: 28 28
Forest Park Forest Park, Oklahoma's population: 1,066 1,066
Harrah Harrah, Oklahoma's population: 4,719 4,717
Jones 2,517 people live in Jones, OK (Oklahoma) 2,517
Lake Aluma Lake Aluma, Oklahoma's population: 97 97
Luther Luther, Oklahoma's population: 612 612
McLoud McLoud, Oklahoma's population: 3,548 3,548
Midwest City Midwest City, Oklahoma's population: 54,088 54,048
Nicoma Park Nicoma Park, Oklahoma's population: 2,415 2,415
Smith Village Smith Village, Oklahoma's population: 40 40
Spencer Spencer, Oklahoma's population: 3,746 3,746
Valley Brook Valley Brook, Oklahoma's population: 817 817

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
  
 
  Jones Public Schools
415 SW 3rd
Jones, OK 73049

(405)399-9215
 Superintendant: Mike Steel		      
  Jones High School
(Website) (Calendar)
Due to the winter ice storm, on Monday, December 10, 2007 Jones High School in Jones, Oklahoma burned almost completely down. Only the New Gym and Admin Offices were saved. The new school is under constrution.

Jones Elementary School
 13145 Montana
Jones, OK 73049

Principal: Shirley Robinson
(405)399-9118

592 students attended JES in the 2006-2007 school year. There were 36 teachers on staff, giving JES a student-teacher ratio of 16.9.
 
Kindergarten
Jones Es Kindergarten had 63 students 70 Students
 1st Grade
Jones Es 1st Grade had 71 students 104 Students
 2nd Grade
Jones Es 2nd Grade had 83 students 67 Students
 3rd Grade
Jones Es 3rd Grade had 72 students 74 Students
4th Grade
 Jones Es 4th Grade had 64 students 69 Students
5th Grade
 Jones Es 5th Grade had 83 students 92 Students
6th Grade
 Jones Es 6th Grade had 80 students 75 Students
 
Latino - 4.8% of Jones Es's students are Latino 7.4%
White - 83.4% of Jones Es's students are Caucasian 78.2%
 Black - 4.3% of Jones Es's students are of African descent 4.2%
Native American - 7.5% of Jones Es's students are Native American 9.8%
  Jones Middle School
 16011 NE Wilshire
Jones, OK 73049

Principal: Pam Lucas
(405)399-9114

167 students attended JMS in the 2006-2007 school year. There were 13 teachers on staff, giving JMS a student-teacher ratio of 13.6.
 
7th Grade
Jones Ms 7th Grade had 85 students 77 Students
8th Grade
Jones Ms 8th Grade had 78 students 90 Students
 
Latino - 8.0% of Jones Ms's students are Latino 4.8%
White - 75.5% of Jones Ms's students are Caucasian 82.0%
Black - 4.3% of Jones Ms's students are of African descent 5.4%
Native American - 11.7% of Jones Ms's students are Native American 7.8%
Jones High School
 304 Hawaii
Jones, OK 73049

Principal: Carl Johnson
(405) 399-9122

302 students attended JHS in the 2006-2007 school year. There were 22 teachers on staff, giving JHS a student-teacher ratio of 13.9.
 
9th Grade
Jones High School 9th Grade had 91 students 86 Students
10th Grade
Jones High School 10th Grade had 84 students 87 Students
11th Grade
Jones High School 11th Grade had 79 students 65 Students
12th Grade
Jones High School 12th Grade had 77 students 64 Students
 
Latino - 2.7% of Jones High School's students are Latino 5.3%
White - 79.8% of Jones High School's students are Caucasian 78.1%
Black - 6.6% of Jones High School's students are of African descent 4.6%
Asian - 0.9% of Jones High School's students are of Asian descent 0.7%
Native American - 10.0% of Jones High School's students are Native American 11.3%

Jones Public Schools spends $4,143 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $6,058.

The school mascot is a longhorn bull.		  


  City Numbers (Full Directory)   Town Council  
  City Hall
(405)399-5301
Public Works
(405)399-xxxx
Police
(405)399-2255
Fire
(405)399-5200
  
(From left to right: Roger Choate, Ray Poland, Mayor Matt Elerick, Teresa Shuffield and Randy McMillan Also pictured are Town Clerk Doris Mitchell and the city's attorney Julia )