Jackson County, Ohio Trails
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Hello and welcome to Jackson County, Ohio. My name is Michelle Kennedy Byrd. It is my goal to post as much data online as possible and to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions such as census transcriptions or indexes, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items, old photos - anything that would help someone build their family tree!! If you have a news story that mentions Jackson County, its residents, past or present of historical significance, please consider transcribing the article and emailing it to me.

I do ask that any data submitted, such as biographies, histories, news articles, etc. have a source.


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Named after General Andrew Jackson and later President Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio is known for its mining of coal and was considered one of the great mining counties in Ohio, second only to Perry County. Along with coal, the Scioto Salt-works was located along the banks of Salt creek, a tributory of the Scioto River. This was Ohio's first industry. After the close of the Salt-works there was little economic growth in Jackson County. Agriculture became the mainstay of family and survival. By the 1850's Jackson County once again became an industrial hub with the need for charcoal iron. Prior to 1850 there were two iron furnaces working. Between 1853 and 1856 twenty-one more furnaces were built in the region known as Hanging Rock. With the railroad going through the town of Jackson the population of the county grew from 4,000 residents to over 10,000 residents between 1820 and 1860. For more information on the history of Jackson County, stay tuned...

Jackson County, Ohio Courthouse

COURTHOUSE INFO:

Jackson County Courthouse
275 Portsmouth Street
Jackson, OH 45640-1750
Phone: (740) 286-3301
Fax: (740) 286-4061


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Jackson County, Ohio

Jackson County Townships, Villages and Cities:

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Townships
Bloomfield
Wellston
Coal
 
Franklin
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Hamilton
Coalton
Jackson
Oak Hill
Jefferson
 
Liberty
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Lick
Byer
Madison
Wainwright
Milton
 
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