Jonah, Texas in Williamson County

JONAH, TEXAS est. 1857

Population: 60 (1990)

Methodist Church and Percy’s Store (L to R), 1920s. The store burned down later. The community is known for the Jonah Water Special Utility District, established in 1972, which serves a large rural area.

Courtesy of Harlan Hays

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image 1002 This is the original bridge over the San Gabriel river at Jonah, before it was washed away in the 1921 flood.	image 1024 Richard E. Talbot, born in Cambridge, NY, 17 June 1816, of Irish immigrant parents. He came to Texas with his wife and children in 1850s to join brothers Elias and Joseph Talbot. Richard and Joseph Talbot are buried in the IOOF cemetery in Georgetown. Elias Talbot and family buried in the San Gabriel Cemetery. Richard Talbot settled near Jonah before it was named Jonah. See page 292 of "Williamson County, Its History"	image 1207 Gustaf E. Johnson Family, Swedish Immigrants to WC in 1902, photo ca. 1917, l-r: Sigurd Johnson, Gustaf Johnson, Elvia Johnson, Irma Johnson, Hilma Johnson, Sven Johnson, Hildur Johnson. The family had a farm near Jonah, Texas	image 2014 Carl Lidell & Son w/ Large Rattlesnake
image 2015 Carl Lidell in Flight Training in 1945, Carl was from Jonah, Texas	image 2016 C.G. Wegstrom Family member on horse ca. 1920s	image 2017 James Hood, from Jonah, Texas, during the retaking of the Philippine Islands in WWII, ca. 1944	image 2038 Hot Rod T Model, Bill Bloom & Herbert Swenson, ca. 1920s
image 2095 Group of Confederate Veterans, Jonah, Texas, ca. 1898	image 4048a Sigurd E. Johnson plowing with John Deere tractor, NE of Jonah, Texas ca. 1940.	image 4050a Rod and Sigurd Johnson, far right, with tractor and [cane] hay binder with cousins, near Jonah, Texas, ca.1951	image 4051a Rod and Sigurd Johnson, far right, with tractor and [cane] hay binder with cousins, near Jonah, Texas, ca.1951
image 5034 Hutto Swedish Lutheran Church Sunday School Imagenic on San Gabriel River, just east of Jonah, Texas, on Gattis Gravel Bar, ca. 1944. Larry Rydell [second from left] and Rodney Johnson [third from left]	image 8021 Swedish Immigrants and Kids on Cotton Bale, Jonah, Texas, ca.1920s image 9055 Jonah Town Building, Jonah, Texas, ca. 1910s	image 8317 Anna Louise Trowbridge Talbot, wife of R.E. Talbot. She came to the area in 1853 and lived between Circleville and Jonah. Came to the area in 1853. Her husband was the brother of Joseph Talbot of Taylor, Texas and brother of Elias Talbot, merchant in Georgetown, Texas. Who was a friend of Sam Houston, ca.1854	image 9013 Original Jonah School & Play Yard, ca.1915 image 9056 Jonah Gin, Jonah, Texas, ca. 1920s
image 9014 Service Station and Garage, built by Homer Hood, ca. 1925, Jonah, Texas	image 9048 Builders of dam for mill near Jonah, Texas, ca 1895, for water wheel to power grinding wheat for flour mill.	image 9048 Water dam to power flour mill on hill, burned ca. 1902 or 1903, San Gabriel River, Jonah, Texas	image 9050 Cotton Wagon on Jonah Bridge over San Gabriel River, bridge washed away in 1921 flood, Jonah, Texas.
image 9051 Percy's Store & Methodist Church, Jonah, Texas ca. 1910s	image 9052 Jonah Town Building, Jonah, Texas, ca. 1910s	image 9053 Jonah Man with dogs on Main Street, Jonah, Texas. ca. 1910s	image 9054 Jonah Main St. and Model T Cars, Jonah, Texas, ca. 1910s