Jonestown (disambiguation)

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Jonestown was the site of the 1978 mass suicide-and-murder of the Peoples Temple cult, in northwestern Guyana, the placename being also a term for the incident.

Jonestown may also refer to:

Places:

• Jonestown, Demerara, Guyana (unrelated to the above)

In the United States of America:

• Jonestown, Georgia, in Fannin County
• Jonestown, Indiana, in Vermillion County
• Jonestown, Kentucky, now within greater Lexington
• Jonestown, Caroline County, Maryland
• Jonestown, Howard County, Maryland
• Jonestown, Saint Mary's County, Maryland
• Jonestown, Alcorn County, Mississippi
• Jonestown, Coahoma County, Mississippi
• Jonestown, Warren County, Mississippi
• Jonestown, Yazoo County, Mississippi
• Jonestown, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Jonestown, South Carolina, in Horry County
• Jonestown, Tennessee, in Giles County
• Jonestown, Texas, in Travis County
• Jonestown, Virginia, in Rockbridge County

Artistic works:

• Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, 2006 documentary film
• Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones, 2006 biographical book

See also

• Johnstown
• Youngstown

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