sentences:  During World War II, Jerome was home to a Japanese American internment camp, the Jerome War Relocation Center (1942–1944), designed by Edward F. Neild of Shreveport, Louisiana, and later converted into a prison camp for captured German soldiers.Jerome is located in the southeast corner of Drew County at (33.399139, -91.467864), along U.S. Route 165, which leads north to Dermott and south to Montrose.According to the United States Census Bureau, Jerome has a total area of , all land.