Jackson County, Tennessee

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Jackson County
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Jackson County Courthouse in Gainesboro
Map of Tennessee highlighting Jackson County.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee
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Tennessee's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°22′N85°40′W / 36.36°N 85.67°W / 36.36; -85.67
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Tennessee.svg  Tennessee
Founded1801
Named for Andrew Jackson [1]
Seat Gainesboro
Largest townGainesboro
Area
  Total320 sq mi (800 km2)
  Land308 sq mi (800 km2)
  Water11 sq mi (30 km2)  3.5%
Population
 (2020)
  Total11,617 Decrease2.svg
  Density38/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
  Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district 6th
Website www.jacksoncotn.com

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 11,617 at the 2020 census. [2] Its county seat is Gainesboro. [3] Jackson is part of the Cookeville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

Jackson County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 6, 1801. It was the 18th county established in the state. It was formed from part of Smith County plus Indian lands. The name honors Andrew Jackson, who by 1801 had already served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Tennessee, a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, and a colonel in the Tennessee militia. He became more widely known as commander at the Battle of New Orleans and as the seventh President of the United States. [4]

In the 1790s, an Army outpost named Fort Blount was built 10 miles (16 km) west of Gainesboro on the Cumberland River, in what is now western Jackson County. Fort Blount was an important stop for travelers on Avery's Trace. Williamsburg, a town developed around the fort, served as the Jackson County seat from 1807 to 1819. [5] The county's early records were all lost in a disastrous courthouse fire on August 14, 1872. [6]

The 1970 Movie "I Walk The Line" starring Gregory Peck was filmed in Gainesboro and Jackson County.

Geography

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Cummins Falls

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 320 square miles (830 km2), of which 308 square miles (800 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (3.5%) is water. [7]

Adjacent counties

State protected areas

Highways

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1810 5,401
1820 7,59340.6%
1830 9,69827.7%
1840 12,87232.7%
1850 15,67321.8%
1860 11,725−25.2%
1870 12,5837.3%
1880 12,008−4.6%
1890 13,32511.0%
1900 15,03912.9%
1910 15,0360.0%
1920 14,955−0.5%
1930 13,589−9.1%
1940 15,08211.0%
1950 12,348−18.1%
1960 9,233−25.2%
1970 8,141−11.8%
1980 9,39815.4%
1990 9,297−1.1%
2000 10,98418.1%
2010 11,6386.0%
2020 11,617−0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]
1790-1960 [9] 1900-1990 [10]
1990-2000 [11] 2010-2014 [12]
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Age pyramid for Jackson County

2020 census

Jackson County racial composition [14]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)10,77892.78%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)310.27%
Native American 350.3%
Asian 170.15%
Other/Mixed 5114.4%
Hispanic or Latino 2452.11%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,617 people, 4,566 households, and 2,745 families residing in the county.

2000 census

As of the census [15] of 2000, there were 10,984 people, 4,466 households, and 3,139 families residing in the county. The population density was 36 people per square mile (14 people/km2). There were 5,163 housing units at an average density of 17 units per square mile (6.6/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 98.63% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,466 households, out of which 28.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 25.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.30% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 26.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $26,502, and the median income for a family was $32,088. Males had a median income of $24,759 versus $19,511 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,020. About 15.10% of families and 18.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.10% of those under age 18 and 22.50% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Town

Census-designated place

Unincorporated communities

Politics

United States presidential election results for Jackson County, Tennessee [16]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.%No.%No.%
2020 4,11877.36%1,13521.32%701.32%
2016 3,23672.46%1,12925.28%1012.26%
2012 2,38356.96%1,73941.56%621.48%
2008 2,18548.54%2,22449.41%922.04%
2004 2,02640.07%2,99859.30%320.63%
2000 1,38429.11%3,30469.50%661.39%
1996 94422.69%2,88969.43%3287.88%
1992 70816.63%3,20875.34%3428.03%
1988 1,16837.15%1,96262.40%140.45%
1984 1,54434.42%2,89464.51%481.07%
1980 99528.15%2,48070.16%601.70%
1976 59116.56%2,95982.91%190.53%
1972 95645.98%1,08552.19%381.83%
1968 67324.90%1,12241.51%90833.59%
1964 55119.39%2,29180.61%00.00%
1960 1,04939.80%1,53958.38%481.82%
1956 88133.13%1,74365.55%351.32%
1952 1,13840.25%1,68659.64%30.11%
1948 53624.51%1,50268.68%1496.81%
1944 69532.88%1,40766.56%120.57%
1940 60522.74%2,04676.92%90.34%
1936 42219.83%1,70279.98%40.19%
1932 25612.89%1,72686.91%40.20%
1928 61442.17%82756.80%151.03%
1924 35424.62%1,07474.69%100.70%
1920 1,18751.97%1,09748.03%00.00%
1916 74032.95%1,50667.05%00.00%
1912 74331.78%1,34457.49%25110.74%

As a secessionist Middle Tennessee county, Jackson County was historically one of the most Democratic in the state. Only once up to 2008 did a Democrat lose the county – when Warren G. Harding carried Jackson County by ninety votes in his record popular-vote landslide of 1920, due to large increases in voter turnout for the isolationist cause Harding espoused. [17] Along with Lewis County it was one of two Tennessee counties to be carried by both Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and George McGovern in 1972.

However, like all of Appalachia and surrounding areas, Jackson County has since 2000 seen a very rapid shift towards the Republican Party due to opposition to the Democratic Party's liberal views on social issues. [18] Whereas Al Gore (who grew up in nearby Smith County) won almost seventy percent of the vote in 2000, Barack Obama won by only thirty-nine votes in 2008, Mitt Romney became only the second Republican to carry the county in 2012 and Donald Trump four years later received a proportion of the vote for the GOP historically associated with Unionist East Tennessee counties.[ citation needed ]

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