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==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502492|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Jones County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|473.72|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|471.39|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.33|sqmi}} (0.49%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files β North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 9, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The county is dominated by farmland and swamps.{{sfn|Bryan et al.|2013|p=43}} ===National protected areas=== * [[Catfish Lake South Wilderness]] (part) * [[Croatan National Forest]] (part) * [[Pond Pine Wilderness]] (part) ===State and local protected areas=== * [[Croatan Game Land]] (part)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref> * [[Hofmann Forest]] (part) ===Major water bodies=== {{See also|Category:Rivers of Jones County, North Carolina}} * [[Beaverdam Creek (Trent River tributary)|Beaverdam Creek]] * [[Catfish Lake South Wilderness|Catfish Lake]] * [[Trent River (North Carolina)|Trent River]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Craven County, North Carolina|Craven County]] β northeast * [[Carteret County, North Carolina|Carteret County]] β southeast * [[Onslow County, North Carolina|Onslow County]] β south * [[Duplin County, North Carolina|Duplin County]] β west * [[Lenoir County, North Carolina|Lenoir County]] β northwest ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=NC|I-Future|42}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|17}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|70}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|258}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|41}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|58}}{{sfn|Bryan et al.|2013|p=44}} ===Major infrastructure=== * [[Marine Corps Outlying Field Oak Grove]], small military base near Pollocksville
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