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Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. [4] The population was 4,235 in 2020. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough .
Clayton County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 297,595 by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] The county seat is Jonesboro. [2] Clayton County is one of the core counties of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and it is the fifth most-populous county in the state.
Jonesboro Historic District in Jonesboro, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1972. [1]Jonesboro was the setting of much of the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind; the fictional houses Tara and Twelve Oaks were placed near it, in Clayton County.
Jonesboro or Jonesborough is the name of a number of settlements in the United States and the United Kingdom: United States. Jonesboro, Arkansas; Jonesboro, Georgia, originally Jonesborough Battle of Jonesborough, final battle of the Atlanta Campaign; Jonesboro, Illinois, site of the third of the Lincoln–Douglas debates; Jonesboro, Indiana
Tara is a fictional plantation in the state of Georgia, in the historical novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.In the story, Tara is located 5 miles (8 km) from Jonesboro (originally spelled Jonesborough), in Clayton County, on the east side of the Flint River about 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta.
The Clayton County Public School District (CCPS) is a public school district headquartered in Jonesboro, Georgia, U.S. [1] It administers schools inside of Clayton County, Georgia. Serving more than 52,000 students, Clayton County Public Schools is ranked among the 100 largest school districts in the United States and is the sixth-largest ...
The district is located in the southern and western portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area and includes the cities of Austell, Jonesboro, Mableton, Douglasville, Stockbridge, and Union City, as well as the southern fourth of Atlanta itself. [5] [6]
Jonesboro High School is a four-year public high school located in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States. The school is part of the Clayton County School District, and is located at 7728 Mt. Zion Boulevard. The school's teams are known as the Cardinals, and the school colors are red, white, and black. [2]