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Jonesboro (/ˈdʒoʊnzbʌrə/) was an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S Route 20, between Juntura and Harper, near the Malheur River.

Jonesboro was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad. It was named for William Jones, a local cattle rancher. The now torn-up railroad line was decommissioned in the early 1990s.

References

1. "Jonesboro (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 517. ISBN 978-0875952772.
3. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
4. "Oregon Eastern Division: WYCO Scrap Trains". High Desert Rails. trainweb.org. Retrieved January 29, 2012.

External links

• History of the Union Pacific Burns branch including an image of a scrap train near Jonesboro
• More history of the UP with image of train near Jonesboro

v t e Municipalities and communities of Malheur County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Vale
Cities	Adrian Jordan Valley Nyssa Ontario Vale
CDPs	Annex Brogan Harper Juntura
Other communities	Arock Basque Beulah Burns Junction Cairo Crowley Danner Ironside Jamieson McDermitt‡ Owyhee Payette Junction Riverside Rome Westfall Willowcreek
Ghost town	Jonesboro Malheur City
Indian reservation	Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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43°47′45″N 117°54′53″W / 43.795713°N 117.914622°W / 43.795713; -117.914622

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