Jackson County, Georgia

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Jackson County
County
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Jackson County courthouse in Jefferson
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Seal
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
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Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°08′N83°34′W / 34.13°N 83.56°W / 34.13; -83.56
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia
Founded1796;228 years ago (1796)
Named for James Jackson
Seat Jefferson
Largest cityJefferson
Area
 • Total
343 sq mi (890 km2)
 • Land340 sq mi (900 km2)
 • Water3.4 sq mi (9 km2)  1.0%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
75,907
 • Estimate 
(2023)
88,615 Increase2.svg
 • Density220/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.

Contents

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

Communities

Cities

Towns

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1800 7,736—
1810 10,56936.6%
1820 8,355−20.9%
1830 9,0047.8%
1840 8,522−5.4%
1850 9,76814.6%
1860 10,6058.6%
1870 11,1815.4%
1880 16,29745.8%
1890 19,17617.7%
1900 24,03925.4%
1910 30,16925.5%
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 21,09314.0%
1980 25,34320.1%
1990 30,00518.4%
2000 41,58938.6%
2010 60,48545.4%
2020 75,90725.5%
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]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)59,06477.81%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)5,1366.77%
Native American 1270.17%
Asian 1,7442.3%
Pacific Islander 300.04%
Other/Mixed 3,0944.08%
Hispanic or Latino 6,7128.84%

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 postOffice holder
ChairmanTom Crow (Jackson County, Georgia)
District 1 - Central JacksonJim Hix
District 2 - North JacksonChas Hardy
District 3 - West JacksonRalph Richardson Jr.
District 4 - East JacksonMarty Seagraves
United States presidential election results for Jackson County, Georgia [20]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 36,49777.25%10,47222.17%2740.58%
2020 29,50278.29%7,64220.28%5411.44%
2016 21,78479.44%4,49116.38%1,1464.18%
2012 19,13580.59%4,23817.85%3721.57%
2008 17,77677.23%4,95021.51%2901.26%
2004 12,61177.84%3,46821.40%1230.76%
2000 7,87867.71%3,42029.39%3372.90%
1996 4,78250.38%3,74639.46%96410.16%
1992 3,97643.38%3,79241.37%1,39715.24%
1988 4,40762.56%2,60737.00%310.44%
1984 4,20260.73%2,71739.27%00.00%
1980 2,20931.79%4,59166.07%1492.14%
1976 1,23917.28%5,93182.72%00.00%
1972 4,12479.63%1,05520.37%00.00%
1968 1,13918.52%1,53725.00%3,47356.48%
1964 1,66429.62%3,95370.38%00.00%
1960 47211.44%3,65388.56%00.00%
1956 43812.38%3,10087.62%00.00%
1952 40910.91%3,34189.09%00.00%
1948 1456.53%1,86683.98%2119.50%
1944 22111.19%1,75488.81%00.00%
1940 1669.37%1,59990.29%60.34%
1936 1877.09%2,44792.76%40.15%
1932 805.39%1,38993.54%161.08%
1928 81848.78%85951.22%00.00%
1924 14211.70%99381.80%796.51%
1920 33423.81%1,06976.19%00.00%
1916 715.23%1,18587.26%1027.51%
1912 462.65%1,12364.65%56832.70%

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

National Historic Places

Parks and cultural institutions

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

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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  14. ↑ "1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
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  16. ↑ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
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