Jackson County, Oregon
| Jackson County, Oregon | ||
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Jackson County Courthouse in Medford
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 Location in the U.S. state of Oregon |
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 Oregon's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | January 12, 1852 | |
| Seat | Medford | |
| Largest city | Medford | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,802 sq mi (7,257 km2) | |
| • Land | 2,784 sq mi (7,211 km2) | |
| • Water | 18 sq mi (47 km2), 0.6% | |
| Population (est.) | ||
| • (2015) | 212,567 | |
| • Density | 73/sq mi (28/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 2nd | |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC-8/-7 | |
| Website | jacksoncountyor |
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Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 203,206. The county seat is Medford. The county is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
Jackson County comprises the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
There are 11 incorporated cities and 34 unincorporated communities in Jackson County; the largest is Medford, which has been the county seat since 1927.
Modoc, Shasta, Takelma, Latgawa, and Umpqua Indian tribes are all native to the region of present Jackson County. In the early 1850s, both the Klickitats from the north and the Deschutes from the south raided and settled the area.
The Territorial Legislature created Jackson County on January 12, 1852, from the southwestern portion of Lane County and the unorganized area south of Douglas and Umpqua Counties. It included lands which now lie in Coos, Curry, Josephine, Klamath and Lake Counties. Gold discoveries in the Illinois River valley and the Rogue River valley near Jacksonville in 1852, and the completion of a wagon road connecting the county with California to the south and Douglas County to the north led to an influx of non-native settlers.
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