- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jonesboro
- Creator:
- Moore, Joseph H. H.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-07-10
- Subject:
- Jonesboro (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clayton County, 33.54189, -84.35769
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Jonesboro, Georgia. The seat of Clayton County, Jonesboro is located in Georgia's upper central Piedmont region, approximately eighteen miles south of Atlanta, just southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It is the site of the 1864 Battle of Jonesboro and the fictionalized setting for Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. (Mitchell's grandmother was born and reared on a plantation nearby.) Jonesboro is also known as the home of 1984 Olympic swimming gold medalist Steve Lundquist.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/jonesboro/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Jonesboro," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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