New Resident Resource

Dear New Resident,
Congratulations on your recent move and welcome to your new home in Jonesboro, Louisiana—The Heart of the Pines! Our comfortable community embraces its agricultural and industrial roots and history, civic engagement, and a wholesome lifestyle. 

To help new residents ease into their new homes, we have compiled this New Resident Resource.

EMERGENCY CONTACTS 9-1-1  
Jonesboro Police Department 318-259-2164  
  318-259-5028  
  318-259-9021 http://www.jacksonparishsheriff.com/
Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222 https://www.poison.org/
Louisiana One Call 8-1-1  

 

LOCAL UTILITIES      
Type Company Phone Website
Water, Sewer, Garbage

Town of Jonesboro

 318-259-2385  
Electricity

Entergy Louisiana

 1-800-368-3749

http://www.entergy-louisiana.com/
Natural Gas

Atmos Energy

 1-888-286-6700

https://www.atmosenergy.com/
Internet/Phone/Cable

AT&T

 1-800-288-2020

https://www.att.com/
 

Cox Communications

 318-259-4447

https://www.cox.com/residential/home.html

 

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES    
Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School 318-259-4489

http://jhes.jpsb.us/
Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School 318-259-6611

https://jhms.jpsb.us/
Jonesboro-Hodge High School 318-259-4138

https://jhhs.jpsb.us/
Jackson Parish School Board 318-259-4456

http://www.jpsb.us
Louisiana Delta Community College 318-480-5000

http://www.ladelta.edu/campus-locations/jonesboro

 

LOCAL RESOURCES    

U.S. Post Office
610 East Main Street
Jonesboro, LA 71251

 800-275-8777  USPS Local Location
Jackson Parish Police Jury
Jackson Parish Courthouse
500 East Court Street, Room 301
Jonesboro, LA 71251		 318-259-2361

http://jacksonparishpolicejury.org/Default.aspx

Jackson Parish Library
614 South Polk Avenue
Jonesboro, LA 71251

 318-259-5697

http://www.jacksonparishlib.org/
Jackson Parish Recreation Department
5254 Highway 4
Jonesboro, LA 71251		 318-259-3031

https://www.jprec.org/
Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
524 Pershing Highway
Jonesboro, LA 71251		 318-259-7197

http://www.expresslane.org/
Jackson Parish Hospital
165 Beech Springs Road
Jonesboro, LA 71251
 318-259-4435

http://www.jacksonparishhospital.com/
Jackson Parish Health Unit
228 Bond Street 
Jonesboro, Louisiana 71251
 318-259-6601

http://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/directory/detail/4805

 

TRANSPORTATION    
Jonesboro Municipal Airport 318-259-2385 Please call for more information. No commercial airline carriers. Unattended.
Monroe Regional Airport (MLU) 318-329-2460

http://www.flymonroe.org/