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Jackson County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- March 1, 1831
- Named after
- Andrew Jackson
- Seat
- Ripley
- Largest city
- Ravenswood
- Total
- 472 sq mi (1,220 km )
- Land
- 464 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Water
- 7.3 sq mi (19 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,450
- Density
- 59.9/sq mi (23.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- jacksoncounty .wv .gov /Pages /default .aspx
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,791. Its county seat is Ripley, and its largest municipality is Ravenswood.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.