Dixons Mills in Marengo County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Office of Joel Desaker Jones

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Born January 5, 1861 - Died June 28, 1948
Marengo Co. Surveyor, Historian, and Journalist
Author of Democrat Reporter Newspaper Column “Old Times”
"He was a Baptist, A Mason, A Surveyor, an Old-Timer"
Epitaph by Joel D. Jones
Sponsored by Linden Wood, Inc.

Erected by the Linden Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Communications. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1916.

Location. 32° 3.912′ N, 87° 47.198′ W. Marker is in Dixons Mills, Alabama, in Marengo County. Marker is on U.S. 43, half a mile north of County Road 6, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6365 US Highway 43, Dixons Mills AL 36736, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Shiloh Baptist Church (approx. 2.8 miles away); Choctaw Corner (approx. 7 miles away); Airmount Grave Shelter And Cemetery (approx. 9.6 miles away); Thomasville War Memorial

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(approx. 10.9 miles away); Thomasville's Early History (approx. 10.9 miles away); Williams’ Temple CME Church (approx. 11.2 miles away); Tallahatta Springs (approx. 12 miles away); Pine Hill, Alabama (approx. 13.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Rural Southwest Alabama Article. (Submitted on April 14, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Home of Joel Desaker Jones image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 12, 2014

2. Home of Joel Desaker Jones

Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 14, 2014

3. Home of Joel Desaker Jones

Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on April 15, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.