Jonesville, South Carolina
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jonesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29353. The Survey maps it on the Jonesville quadrangle. 852 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
On record in Jonesville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
McWhirter Houselisted 2003
Means Houselisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresJonesville fell from 911 to 852 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 911 | |
| 2020 | 852 | -59 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1941 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Jonesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 386 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jonesville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Lightning | Jonesville | $50,000 | Lightning struck a garage business, destroying the building and a motorcycle located inside. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Jonesville | $50,000 | A massive severe thunderstorm moved south from the Shelby, NC, area into northern Cherokee County and moved slowly across the county. This was a major hail storm with golf ball- to baseball-size hail falling for more than an hour. The largest hail, and the most damage, seemed to occur in the area from south of Gaffney to Jonesville. Up to five inches of rain fell causing localized urban flooding - though none was reported to reach flash flooding levels. Some trees were blown down although the main impact was hail and rain. |
| March 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $20,000 | A boat was overturned and blown 20 feet in a lot along highway 9 North of Union. Two other boats were lifted and dropped at the same location. In Adamsburg, 2 tool sheds were flattened and a carport damaged by the wind. Several trees were also blown down at the same location. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $5,000 | The roof was blown off of a mobile home. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | $1,000 | EM and public reported multiple large tree limbs and a few trees blown down, mainly cross the north side of Jonesville, including the Gilead Hills Dr area. A couple of outbuildings also had some tin roofing removed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Emergency manager reported trees blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | County comms reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down between Jonesville and Union. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | County comms reported a tree and a power lines blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Multiple trees were blown down across the county, some on power lines. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Jonesville | - | FD reported pea to quarter size hail west of Jonesville. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several trees were blown down in the Jonesville area. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several trees and power lines blown down between Jonesville and Lockhart. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Trees were blown down on T Bishop Rd near Jonesville with several trees down on highway 9 between Jonesville and Lockhart. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Two trees blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Quite a few trees down and minor roof damage to a home in Jonesville. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Large limbs down on Jerusalem Rd and along Peter Hawk Rd, just east of highway 114. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Jonesville | - | Very heavy rainfall resulted in flooding along several creeks across the county. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | Several large trees were blown down, and siding was torn from a house. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart Junction | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mean Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Humphriesville (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Meansville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bonham | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kelly | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kennedy Mill | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jonesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3239709 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1246204. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






