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Jack County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Seat
- Jacksboro
- Largest city
- Jacksboro
- Total
- 920 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Land
- 911 sq mi (2,360 km )
- Water
- 9.5 sq mi (25 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,563
- Density
- 9.30/sq mi (3.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 25th
- Website
- www .jackcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Jacksboro
- Capital
- Jacksboro
- Population
- 8472
- Area
- 2383
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Archer County
- Official website
- www.jackcounty.org
- Image
- Jack county tx courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3169
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- Commons category
- Jack County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Jack County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Jack County
- inception
- 1857-00-00
- per capita income
- 25619
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jack County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,472. Its county seat is Jacksboro. The county was created in 1856 and organized the next year. It is named for Patrick Churchill Jack and his brother William Houston Jack, both soldiers of the Texas Revolution.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jack County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.