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Jackson County, Georgia
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for Jackson County, Georgia.
This County is available for adoption.
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On February 11, 1796, Jackson County was split off from part of Franklin County, Georgia. The new county was named
in honor of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel, Congressman, Senator and Governor James Jackson. The county originally
covered an area of approximately 1,800 sq miles, with Clarkesboro as its first county seat.
In 1801, the Georgia General Assembly granted 40,000 acres of land in Jackson County for a state college. Franklin
College (now University of Georgia) began classes the same year, and the city of Athens was developed around the
school. Also the same year, a new county was developed around the new college town, and Jackson lost territory
to the new Clarke. The county seat was moved to an old Indian village called Thomocoggan, a location with ample
water supply from Curry Creek and four large springs. In 1804, the city was renamed Jefferson, after Thomas Jefferson.
Jackson lost more territory in 1811 in the creation of Madison County, in 1818 in the creation of Walton, Gwinnett,
and Hall counties, in 1858 in the creation of Banks County, and in 1914 in the creation of Barrow County.
The first county courthouse, a log and wooden frame building with an attached jail, was built on south side of
the public square; a second, larger, two-story brick courthouse with a separate jailhouse was built in 1817. In
1880, a third was built on a hill north of the square. This courthouse was the oldest continuously operating courthouse
in the United States until 2004, when the current courthouse was constructed north of Jefferson. (source: Wikipedia.org)
Cities and towns
Incorporated
Arcade
Braselton
Commerce (formerly Harmony Grove)
Hoschton
Jefferson
Maysville
Nicholson (formerly Cooper)
Pendergrass
Talmo
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Unincorporated communities
Apple Valley
Attica
Brockton
Center (incorporated until 1999)
Clarksboro
Constantine
Dry Pond
Ednaville
Fairview
Grove Level
Holders
Holly Springs
Red Stone
Sells
Stoneham
Thompsons Mills
Thurmack
Thyatira
Wilsons Church
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