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History · Jackson Township

Jackson Township’s post office opened in 1825, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1932 on.

1825first post office
0on the National Register
24%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Jackson Township began

When was Jackson Township founded?

1825

The Jackson Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, North Jackson (1854) and Lake View (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 856201 years
Founding year: the first Jackson Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jackson Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Jackson Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Jackson Township.
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Start Jackson Township’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Jackson
1825–today
North Jackson
1854–1908
Lake View
1879–1906
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
JacksonLakeviewNorth Jackson
Gone or out of use
Aldrich Airportairport
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Jackson Township
East JacksonLambMaple RidgeNorth Jackson

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

Timeline

Jackson Township, 1818 to 1932

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1818Born hereClarissa Tucker Tracy is born here
  3. 1825Post officeThe Jackson post office opens
  4. 1854Post officeThe North Jackson post office opens
  5. 1879Post officeThe Lake View post office opens
  6. 20th century
  7. 1906Post officeThe Lake View post office closes
  8. 1908Post officeThe North Jackson post office closes
  9. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Jackson Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Jackson is an unincorporated community in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the intersection of state routes 92 and 492, 7.3 miles (11.7 km) south of Susquehanna Depot. Jackson has a post office with ZIP code 18825.

Its first post office opened in 1825. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 848 in 2010, 856 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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, 1932 to 1994

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 1932 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1968 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1978 USGS mapJackson Township on the 1994 USGS map1932Susquehanna 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.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Thompson TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew Milford TownshipIts storyC+Ararat TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOakland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Jackson Township’s history

What year was Jackson Township founded?

The Jackson Township post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.