Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Four other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Omega
1837–1935
Linn
1860–1914
Cars Run
1889–1905
Sinai
1901–1904
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Cars RunLinnMount SinaiOmega
Gone or out of use
Browns SchoolschoolCars Run Post Officepost officeCars Run SchoolschoolLilly ChapelchurchLinn Post Officepost officeOmega Post Officepost officeOmega Schoolschool
22cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
Allen ChapelBartonBrustCarrs RunCarsonCondonCorwineEwing Number 1FosterFosterFreyGerman ChapelGrandviewHarrisHatfieldHaynesJacksonMount SinaiOld OmegaOmegaStraight CreekWeddington
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Allen Chapel Cemetery · Barton Cemetery · Brust Cemetery · Carrs Run Cemetery · Carson Cemetery · Condon Cemetery · Corwine Cemetery · Ewing Number 1 Cemetery · Foster Cemetery · Foster Cemetery · Frey Cemetery · German Chapel Cemetery · Grandview Cemetery · Harris Cemetery · Hatfield Cemetery · Haynes Cemetery · Jackson Cemetery · Mount Sinai Cemetery · Old Omega Cemetery · Omega Cemetery · Straight Creek Cemetery · Weddington Cemetery
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Jackson Township on the map, 1906 to 1992
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1906Waverly sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jackson Township.
Established in 1817, residents named the town after Andrew Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812, and an eventual president of the United States. The community grew slowly, having only 297 inhabitants in 1840. In 1846, Jackson had four churches, about seven stores, and a single newspaper office. Over the next 40 years, the town grew quickly, attaining a population of 3,021 people in 1880. By 1880, two railroad lines passed through the community, helping to spur economic and population growth. In 1886, two newspaper offices, eight churches, and two banks existed in Jackson. The largest businesses in the town were the Star Furnace Company and the Globe Iron Company, with 30 employees apiece. Both firms used local coal and iron ore deposits to make iron products.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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