Editing Jones, Oklahoma (section)

==History==

===Early history===
Jones was plotted as a townsite on April 22, 1898 by [[Luther F. Aldrich]] before the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad constructed a line from [[Sapulpa, Oklahoma|Sapulpa]] to [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]]. Aldrich named the town after his friend and business associate, [[Charles G. Jones|Charles G. "Gristmill" Jones]] who was a three-time mayor of Oklahoma City. Jones later named his eldest son Luther.<ref name="joneshistory">Hedglen, Thomas L. [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=JO016 "Jones,"] ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed June 2, 2016.</ref>

Jones is located just south of the place that [[Washington Irving]] described as "The Ringing of Horses" in the book ''A Tour on the Prairies'' (1835).<ref name="joneshistory"/>

Jones was incorporated as a city on January 4, 1909. The 1910 Census counted the population at 163.<ref name="joneshistory"/>

===2007 ice storm and Jones High School fire===
In December 2007, a devastating [[Mid-December 2007 North American Winter storms|ice storm]] hit much of Oklahoma. It resulted in a fire at Jones High School, causing the school to burn to the ground. The new school was finished in 2010, after taking three years to build. The new school has a commons area and a theatre for drama club.

===Earthquakes===
On August 27, 2009, there were six earthquakes, the strongest of which registering a 3.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale, which occurred at 9:09{{nbsp}}pm Central Standard Time.

On January 15, 2010, there were four earthquakes, the strongest of which registering a 4.0 magnitude on the Richter Scale, which occurred at 9:25{{nbsp}}am Central Standard Time.<ref>{{cite web|title=M4.0 – Oklahoma|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010rmbk/us/index.html|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref>

On January 24, 2010, a magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck Jones at 1:15{{nbsp}}am Central Standard Time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Another small earthquake shakes eastern Oklahoma County|url=http://newsok.com/another-small-earthquake-shakes-eastern-oklahoma-county/article/3434433|publisher=NewsOK|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=M3.7 – Oklahoma|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010rwan/us/index.html|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref>

On February 27, 2010, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck, east of [[Oklahoma City]] at 4:22{{nbsp}}pm Central Standard Time,<ref>{{cite web|title=M4.1 – Oklahoma|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010tfe4/us/index.html|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> preceded by a foreshock of magnitude 3.1 farther west on February 26 at 3:02{{nbsp}}am local time.<ref>{{cite web|title=M3.1 – Oklahoma|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010tea3/us/index.html|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref>

On October 13, 2010, a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit, {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]] at 9:06{{nbsp}}a.m.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kimball|first=Michael|title=Oklahoma earthquake: State survey lowers magnitude to 4.7 |url=http://www.newsok.com/oklahoma-earthquake-state-survey-lowers-magnitude-to-4.7/article/3504342?custom_click=headlines_widget|publisher=NewsOK|access-date=November 19, 2010}}</ref>