Jerome is not served by any major highways, although U.S. Route 12 (East Chicago Road) is about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) to the north.

[4] Other nearby unincorporated communities include Moscow to the northwest, Somerset Center and the census-designated place of Lake LeAnn to the northeast, and Wheatland to the southeast.

On the same date, the community also received a post office named Jerome, and Smith himself served as the first postmaster while also working as an agent for the railroad.

By 1879, the community grew to include a boarding house, four general stores, meat market, two millineries, shoeshop, blacksmith, copper manufacturer, physician, schoolhouse, hotel, Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall, and a congregational church.

[16] In the early 1890s, the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad also built a line through the area but did not build a train depot in Jerome.

The two rail lines crossed each other here but did not have an interchange at this point, although access and services to the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad may have been available in Jerome.

[13] In 1906, a large brick schoolhouse was built along Harrison Street, and it served as the sole building for Jerome Public Schools.

When the districts merged, the schoolhouse in Jerome was converted into an elementary school, and students went to North Adams to continue their education after fifth grade.