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History · Jackson Township

67% of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain

What stands out about Jackson Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages6 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 5 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jackson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Jackson Township’s homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1973. Watch Jackson Township change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

White Cottage
1853–1909
Nettle Hill
1878–1935
Woodruff
1888–1933
Bluff
1890–1911
Buzz
1890–1906
Delphene
1894–1914
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BluffBuzzDelpheneNettle HillWoodruff
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
Bethany ChurchHigginsMacedoniaMount ZionSmithStaggersValley Chapel

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Jackson Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jackson Township.

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The Richard T. Foley Site, William Cree House, Hughes House, and John Rex Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1853 to 1935

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1853Post officeThe White Cottage post office opens
  3. 1878Post officeThe Nettle Hill post office opens
  4. 1888Post officeThe Woodruff post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1909Post officeThe White Cottage post office closes
  8. 1933Post officeThe Woodruff post office closes
  9. 1935Post officeThe Nettle Hill post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Jackson Township on the map, 1905 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jackson Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jackson Township on the 1905 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1964 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1973 USGS map1905Rogersville 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.

People over time

Jackson Township, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 516

Between 381 and 516 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Jackson Township’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jackson Township

Nobody well known was born in Jackson Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Coleman ScottOlympic wrestler · b. 1986
Arthur I. BoremanAmerican politician · b. 1823
Josh KoscheckAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1977
Bill GeorgeAmerican football player · b. 1929
James R. MorrisAmerican politician · b. 1819
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Enos HookAmerican politician · b. 1804
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Center Township3 historic placesA+Freeport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWayne Township1 historic placeAGilmore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAleppo TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRichhill TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

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 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.