NC Gazetteer

Jones Lake

A lake in Bladen County
… central Bladen County, one of the Carolina Bays, which see. Covers 224 acres; max. depth 8.7 ft. It is part of Jones Lake State Park. Fishing, swimming, and boating. Known earlier as Woodwards Lake for Samuel Woodward, a local justice of the peace in 1734. Probably named for Isaac Jones, who later owned adjacent property.