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Jackson County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Seat
- Edna
- Largest city
- Edna
- Total
- 857 sq mi (2,220 km )
- Land
- 829 sq mi (2,150 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,393
- Density
- 18.1/sq mi (6.98/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 27th
- Website
- www .co .jackson .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Edna
- Capital
- Edna
- Population
- 14988
- Area
- 2219
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Lavaca County
- Official website
- www.co.jackson.tx.us
- Image
- Jackson County, TX Courthouse IMG 1019.JPG
- Households
- 4924
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- Commons category
- Jackson County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Jackson County, Texas
- inception
- 1836-03-17
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jackson County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- native label
- Jackson County
- per capita income
- 25701
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Encyclopedic overview
Historical carriage inside the Jackson County, Texas, Courthouse Edna Theatre -- Edna, TX
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census its population was 14,988. Its county seat is Edna. The county was created in 1835 as a municipality in Mexico and in 1836 was organized as a county (of the Republic of Texas). It is named for Andrew Jackson, President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.