Place:Jackson, Kansas, United States

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NameJackson
Alt namesCalhounsource: Family History Library Catalog
Calhoun Countysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS20014534
JAsource: Wikipedia
Jacksonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.4°N 95.833°W
Located inKansas, United States     (1859 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery
Inhabited place
Birmingham
Circleville
Delia
Denison
Holton
Hoyt
Larkinburg
Mayetta
Netawaka
Soldier
Whiting
Township
Adrian (township)
Banner
Cedar
Douglas
Franklin
Garfield
Grant
Jefferson
Liberty
Lincoln
Netawaka (township)
Soldier (township)
Straight Creek
Washington
Whiting (township)


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Jackson County (county code JA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation, near the center of the county, comprises about 18.5% of the county's area.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1855 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1857 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1857 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1892 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 1,936
1870 6,053
1880 10,718
1890 15,088
1900 17,117
1910 16,861
1920 15,495
1930 14,776
1940 13,382
1950 11,098
1960 10,309
1970 10,342
1980 11,644
1990 11,525

Note: Total for 1860 excludes the portion of Kansas Territory that became part of Colorado Territory in 1861. Total for 1890 includes 66 non-Indians on Indian reservations in Brown and Jackson Counties and 7 Indians in prison, not reported by county.. Total for 1890 includes Indian population (462) of Pottawatomie Indian Reservation, reported separately.

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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Jackson County, Kansas, United States

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Resources

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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