Editing Jones, Oklahoma (section)

===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"/>