Jackson County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Founded
- January 10, 1816
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Seat
- Murphysboro
- Largest city
- Carbondale
- Total
- 602 sq mi (1,560 km )
- Land
- 584 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 3.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 52,501
- Density
- 90.7/sq mi (35.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www .jacksoncounty-il .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The county was incorporated on January 10, 1816, and named for Andrew Jackson. The community of Brownsville served as the fledgling county's first seat. Jackson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.