Jackson, Missouri
Jackson, Missouri The Cape Girardeau County courthouse in Jackson, MO The Cape Girardeau County courthouse in Jackson, MO Location of Jackson, Missouri Location of Jackson, Missouri Jackson is a town/city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Cape Girardeau County. It is a principal town/city of the Cape Girardeau Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1813, Cape Girardeau County succeeded Cape Girardeau District, and the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of General Quarter-Sessions of the Peace in Cape Girardeau were superseded by the Court of Common Pleas, dominant to a new seat of justice.
The seat of the county and the courts were at first held on the plantation of Thomas Bull about one and one-half mile south of present-day Jackson.
The first postal service was established in 1814 when the region was called Birdstown. The name was changed to Jackson on August 31, 1819, titled for Andrew Jackson, a general prominent for his part in the War of 1812. It was the first town to be titled after Andrew Jackson.
The Missouri Herald, the third journal in state, was established here on June 25, 1819. In 1818, the town already had a populace of 300.
The first county courthouse was assembled in 1818 on Jackson's enhance square. Although its initial expansion was rapid, the economy of the City of Jackson advanced conservatively.
But the improve could not escape the impact of the American Civil War; on June 24, 1861, a military skirmish took place near Jackson between units of the Union Army and the Confederate Army.
In 1877, Jackson was linked to Cape Girardeau by the first long-distance stockyards service line in Missouri.
By 1884, the populace of the City of Jackson had grown to 2,105, and the town supported 50 businesses.
In 1884, by prominent vote, it was decided to incorporate Jackson as a town/city of the fourth class.
The Big Hill Farmstead Historic District, Abraham Byrd House, Frizel-Welling House, Jackson Uptown Commercial Historic District, and Mc - Kendree Chapel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jackson is positioned at 37 22 48 N 89 39 29 W (37.379941, -89.658118). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.96 square miles (28.39 km2), of which, 10.94 square miles (28.33 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. There were 5,835 housing units at an average density of 533.4 per square mile (205.9/km2).
There were 5,496 homeholds of which 36.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 30.4% were non-families.
25.6% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 4,962 housing units at an average density of 490.2 per square mile (189.3/km ).
There were 4,708 homeholds out of which 36.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 28.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 5.0% of families and 6.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
The City of Jackson website Historic maps of Jackson in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States
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