Jackson County, TN
| Jackson County, Tennessee | |
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Jackson County Courthouse in Gainesboro
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 Location in the U.S. state of Tennessee |
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 Tennessee's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1801 |
| Named for | Andrew Jackson |
| Seat | Gainesboro |
| Largest town | Gainesboro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 320 sq mi (829 km2) |
| • Land | 308 sq mi (798 km2) |
| • Water | 11 sq mi (28 km2), 3.5% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 11,638 |
| • Density | 38/sq mi (15/km²) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 11,638 at the 2010 census, with an estimate of 11,509 in 2015. Its county seat is Gainesboro.
Jackson is part of the Cookeville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Jackson County was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 6, 1801. It was the eighteenth county established in the state. It was formed from part of Smith County plus Indian lands. The name honors Andrew Jackson, who by 1801 had already served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Tennessee, a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, and a colonel in the Tennessee militia. He would be more widely known later as commander at the Battle of New Orleans and as the seventh President of the U.S.
In the 1790s, an Army outpost named Fort Blount was built 10 miles (16 km) west of Gainesboro on the Cumberland River, in what is now western Jackson County. Fort Blount was an important stop for travelers on Avery's Trace. Williamsburg, a town developed around the fort, served as the Jackson County seat from 1807 to 1819.
The county's early records were all lost in a disastrous courthouse fire on August 14, 1872.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 320 square miles (830 km2), of which 308 square miles (800 km2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km2) (3.5%) is water.
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