Jackson County
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Jackson County is a county located in Alabama in the southeastern United States. It is one of Alabama's 67 counties and serves as an administrative division of the state.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- December 13, 1819
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Seat
- Scottsboro
- Largest city
- Scottsboro
- Total
- 1,127 sq mi (2,920 km )
- Land
- 1,078 sq mi (2,790 km )
- Water
- 49 sq mi (130 km ) 4.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 54,281
- Density
- 48.77/sq mi (18.83/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Jackson County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,579. The county seat is Scottsboro. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, but three cities within the county (Bridgeport, Scottsboro, and Stevenson) are "wet", allowing alcohol sales. Jackson County comprises the Scottsboro, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Jackson county is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area. It is the site of Russell Cave National Monument, an archeological site with evidence of 8,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast.
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