Old Jonesboro

Old Jonesboro is a hamlet in Jefferson, Alabama. Old Jonesboro is situated nearby to the neighborhood Smith Highlands, as well as near the hamlet Dolonar.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
Also known as: “Jonesboro”, “Jonesborough”, “Jonesville”, “Old Jonesboro, AL”, “Old Jonesboro, Alabama”, and “Old Jonesborough”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure and Canaan Baptist Church.

Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure

Water park

Alabama Adventure & Splash Adventure is a water park and amusement park in Bessemer, Alabama. It is owned by Koch Family Parks, which consists of members of the family who formerly had minority ownership in Holiday World & Splashin' Safari.

Canaan Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Southern Railway Terminal Station

Museum

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. Southern Railway Terminal Station is situated 2 miles east of Old Jonesboro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bessemer and McCalla.

Bessemer

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.

McCalla

Town

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

McCalla is a census-designated place in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, United States, southwest of Bessemer and the geographic terminus of the Appalachian Mountains. McCalla is situated 3½ miles southwest of Old Jonesboro.

Brighton

Village

Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population. Brighton is situated 3½ miles northeast of Old Jonesboro.

Old Jonesboro

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.39317° or 33° 23′ 35″ north

Longitude

-86.98444° or 86° 59′ 4″ west

Elevation

463 feet (141 metres)

Open location code

865M92V8+76

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153713200

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4081353

Wikidata ID

Q122544137

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