Welcome to Jonesboro! “Jonesboro  is a town in Washington County, incorporated on March 4, 1809. It had previously been known as Chandler’s River. Hannah Westin, and her sister, carried 50 pounds of lead through the woods from Jonesboro to Machias to support the effort to capture the British vessel Margaretta in 1775.” https://maineanencyclopedia.com/jonesboro/ (Check out that website