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Jonesboro is a city in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,829 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Clayton County.

Attractions:
1867 Train Depot - This Georgia granite building replaced the original wooden depot which stood near the Confederate Cemetery and was burned in 1864.

Old Downtown Jonesboro - Many of these old buildings appear as they did before the Civil War, as the brick exteriors withstood fire while the interiors burned. In the late 1800's this rowdy downtown street housed 13 different saloons! A prominent citizen of the time complained that he had to move out of town to keep his adolescent sons out of the bad environment on Main Street. Now business and government offices alternate with several antique and gift shops along North and South Main Street.

Gayden-Sims-Webb House - Built by Francis T.Gayden in the 1850's, it was the only brick house in Jonesboro before the civil war. Dr.Gayden was also a trustee at the First Baptist Church and a captain in General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate Calvary.

Mundy-Crowell-Burrel House - Dating from the early 1900's, this house was built in a very popular style (there are at least three similar houses on McDonough Street). A central hall joins three rooms on the left and two on the right, and dormer windows indicate small rooms on the second story. Private.

Ashely Oaks Mansion - This most elegant home in Jonesboro was built in 1879 by Leander Hutchenson, Sheriff of Clayton County, of over 1 million hand made bricks. Each exterior home wall is 12 inches thick. Each of the four large rooms downstairs stands on its own independent foundation.

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