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Jackson County, Georgia - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 34°08′N 83°34′W / 34.13°N 83.56°W

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Jackson County
County
Jackson County courthouse in Jefferson
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°08′N 83°34′W / 34.13°N 83.56°W / 34.13; -83.56
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1796; 228 years ago (1796)
Named for	James Jackson
Seat	Jefferson
Largest city	Jefferson
Area
• Total	343 sq mi (890 km²)
• Land	340 sq mi (900 km²)
• Water	3.4 sq mi (9 km²) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	75,907
• Estimate (2023)	88,615
• Density	220/sq mi (85/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	9th
Website	jacksoncountygov.com

Jackson County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,907.^[1] The county seat is Jefferson.^[2] Jackson County comprises the Jefferson, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.

History

Most of the first non-Native American settlers came from Effingham County in 1786.^[3] On February 11, 1796, Jackson County was split off from part of Franklin County, Georgia. The new county was named in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson.^[4] The county originally covered an area of approximately 1,800 square miles (4,662.0 km²), with Clarksboro as its first county seat.

In 1801, the Georgia General Assembly granted 40,000 acres (160 km²) of land in Jackson County for a state college. Franklin College (now University of Georgia) began classes the same year, and the city of Athens was developed around the school. Also the same year, a new county was developed around the new college town, and Jackson lost territory to the new Clarke. The county seat was moved to an old Indian village called Thomocoggan, a location with ample water supply from Curry Creek and four large springs. In 1804, the city was renamed Jefferson, after Thomas Jefferson.

Jackson lost more territory in 1811 in the creation of Madison County, in 1818 in the creation of Walton, Gwinnett, and Hall counties, in 1858 in the creation of Banks County,^[5] and in 1914 in the creation of Barrow County.

The first county courthouse, a log and wooden frame building with an attached jail, was built on south side of the public square; a second, larger, two-story brick courthouse with a separate jailhouse was built in 1817. In 1880, a third was built on a hill north of the square. This courthouse was the oldest continuously operating courthouse in the United States until 2004, when the current courthouse was constructed north of Jefferson.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 343 square miles (890 km²), of which 340 square miles (880 km²) is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) (1.0%) is water.^[6]

The vast majority of Jackson County is located in the Upper Oconee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin, with just a small portion of the county's northern edge, between Maysville to just east of Commerce, located in the Broad River sub-basin of the Savannah River basin.^[7]

Rivers and creeks

Adjacent counties

Banks County - north
Madison County - east
Clarke County - southeast
Barrow County - west
Hall County - northwest

Communities

Cities

Towns

Braselton (partly in Gwinnett, Barrow and Hall)
Maysville (partly in Banks)
Talmo

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1800	7,736		—
1810	10,569		36.6%
1820	8,355		−20.9%
1830	9,004		7.8%
1840	8,522		−5.4%
1850	9,768		14.6%
1860	10,605		8.6%
1870	11,181		5.4%
1880	16,297		45.8%
1890	19,176		17.7%
1900	24,039		25.4%
1910	30,169		25.5%
1920	24,654		−18.3%
1930	21,609		−12.4%
1940	20,089		−7.0%
1950	18,997		−5.4%
1960	18,499		−2.6%
1970	21,093		14.0%
1980	25,343		20.1%
1990	30,005		18.4%
2000	41,589		38.6%
2010	60,485		45.4%
2020	75,907		25.5%
2023 (est.)	88,615	^[8]	16.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[9] 1790-1880^[10] 1890-1910^[11] 1920-1930^[12] 1930-1940^[13] 1940-1950^[14] 1960-1980^[15] 1980-2000^[16] 2010^[17]

Jackson County racial composition as of 2020^[18]
Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	59,064	77.81%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	5,136	6.77%
Native American	127	0.17%
Asian	1,744	2.3%
Pacific Islander	30	0.04%
Other/Mixed	3,094	4.08%
Hispanic or Latino	6,712	8.84%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 75,907 people, 25,180 households, and 19,467 families residing in the county.

Law and government

**Jackson County Board of Commissioners**^[19]
Commission post	Office holder
Chairman	Tom Crow (Jackson County, Georgia)
District 1 - Central Jackson	Jim Hix
District 2 - North Jackson	Chas Hardy
District 3 - West Jackson	Ralph Richardson Jr.
District 4 - East Jackson	Marty Seagraves

United States presidential election results for Jackson County, Georgia^[20]
Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
Year	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	36,497	77.04%	10,472	22.10%	406	0.86%
2020	29,502	78.29%	7,642	20.28%	541	1.44%
2016	21,784	79.44%	4,491	16.38%	1,146	4.18%
2012	19,135	80.59%	4,238	17.85%	372	1.57%
2008	17,776	77.23%	4,950	21.51%	290	1.26%
2004	12,611	77.84%	3,468	21.40%	123	0.76%
2000	7,878	67.71%	3,420	29.39%	337	2.90%
1996	4,782	50.38%	3,746	39.46%	964	10.16%
1992	3,976	43.38%	3,792	41.37%	1,397	15.24%
1988	4,407	62.56%	2,607	37.00%	31	0.44%
1984	4,202	60.73%	2,717	39.27%	0	0.00%
1980	2,209	31.79%	4,591	66.07%	149	2.14%
1976	1,239	17.28%	5,931	82.72%	0	0.00%
1972	4,124	79.63%	1,055	20.37%	0	0.00%
1968	1,139	18.52%	1,537	25.00%	3,473	56.48%
1964	1,664	29.62%	3,953	70.38%	0	0.00%
1960	472	11.44%	3,653	88.56%	0	0.00%
1956	438	12.38%	3,100	87.62%	0	0.00%
1952	409	10.91%	3,341	89.09%	0	0.00%
1948	145	6.53%	1,866	83.98%	211	9.50%
1944	221	11.19%	1,754	88.81%	0	0.00%
1940	166	9.37%	1,599	90.29%	6	0.34%
1936	187	7.09%	2,447	92.76%	4	0.15%
1932	80	5.39%	1,389	93.54%	16	1.08%
1928	818	48.78%	859	51.22%	0	0.00%
1924	142	11.70%	993	81.80%	79	6.51%
1920	334	23.81%	1,069	76.19%	0	0.00%
1916	71	5.23%	1,185	87.26%	102	7.51%
1912	46	2.65%	1,123	64.65%	568	32.70%

Education

Most of the county is in the Jackson County School District. Portions in Commerce and Jefferson are in, respectively, Commerce City School District and Jefferson City School District.^[21]

Attractions

Chateau Elan (Braselton)
La Vaquita Flea Market (Pendergrass)
Mayfield Dairy Visitors Center (Braselton)
Sandy Creek Golf Course (Commerce)
Tanger Outlet Center (Commerce)

National Historic Places

Braselton Historic District
Commerce Commercial Historic District
Governor L. G. Hardman House (Commerce)
Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital (Hoschton)
Holder Plantation (Jefferson)
Hoschton Depot
Old Jackson County Courthouse (Jefferson)
Jefferson Historic District
Oak Avenue Historic District(Jefferson)
Paradise Cemetery (Jefferson)
Seaborn M. Shankle House (Commerce)
Shields-Etheridge Farm
Talmo Historic District
Williamson-Maley-Turner Farm (Jefferson)

Parks and cultural institutions

Crawford W. Long Museum (Jefferson)
Hurricane Shoals Park

Events

Daisy Festival - May (first full weekend) (Nicholson)
Mule Days - May (Shields-Etheridge Farm)
Annual City Lights Festival - mid-June (Commerce)
Celebrate Braselton - July 4 (Braselton)
Art in the Park - mid-September (Hurricane Shoals)
Annual Fall Festival - September (last weekend) (Hoschton)
Jefferson High School and Jefferson Middle School Band Concerts - throughout the year (Jefferson)
Jackson County Comprehensive High School, East Jackson Comprehensive High School, East Jackson Middle School, West Jackson Middle School, and Legacy Knoll Middle School Band Concerts - throughout the year

Transportation

Major highways

Pedestrians and cycling

Fox Smallwood Dr Trail^[22]
American Veterans Memorial Park Trail
Commerce Middle School Track
Curry Creek Reservoir Trail
Jefferson Memorial Stadium Track
East Jackson Park Walking Trail
South Jackson Elementary Nature Trail & Walking Track
Hurricane Shoals Nature Trail
Sells Mill Nature Trail
Sandy Creek Park Walking Trail
Braselton Riverwalk Trail
East Jackson High School Track
W Jackson Middle School Track
West Jackson Park Walking Track
Jackson County High School Track & Nature Trail

References

^ "Census - Geography Profile: Jackson County, Georgia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Nash, Gustavus James Nash (1914). The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia. Atlanta: W. E. White. p. 51. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 167.
^ Green, James A. "Map of the County of Jackson by James A. Green". County Maps, Surveyor General, RG 3-9-66. Georgia Archives. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
^ "Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". United States Census Bureau.
^ "1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
^ "1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
^ "1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
^ "1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
^ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
^ "Board of Commissioners".
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jackson County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 7, 2023. - Text list
^ "Walking Trails - Tourism - Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce". Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.

External links

Places adjacent to Jackson County, Georgia

Hall County

Banks County

Gwinnett County

Jackson County, Georgia

Madison County

Barrow County

Clarke County

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Jefferson
Cities	Arcade Commerce Hoschton Jefferson Nicholson Pendergrass	Map of Georgia highlighting Jackson County
Towns	Braselton‡ Maysville‡ Talmo
Unincorporated communities	Apple Valley Attica Brockton Center Clarksboro
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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