Jackson

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of .
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  • Type: County with 60,200 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Jackson County”, “Jackson County i Illinois”, “Jackson County, IL”, “Jackson County, Ill.”, “Jackson County, Illinois”, “Jackson ilçesi, IL”, “Jackson ilçesi, Ill.”, “Jackson ilçesi, Illinois”, “Okrožje Jackson”, “Джэксон (округ, Иллинойс)”, “مقاطعه جاكسون، إلينوي”, and “ジャクソン・カウンティ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Lake Murphysboro State Park.

Nature reserve
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is an Illinois state park…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murphysboro.

Town
is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Illinois, United States.

Jackson

Latitude
37.7669° or 37° 46′ 1″ north
Longitude
-89.3564° or 89° 21′ 23″ west
Population
60,200
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
Open location code
869GQJ8V+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jackson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jackson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جاكسون”
  • Armenian: “Ջեքսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jackson”
  • Basque: “Jackson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County”
  • Bengali: “জ্যাকসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаксън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jackson”
  • Cebuano: “Jackson County”
  • Chechen: “Джексон (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Джексон”
  • Chinese: “傑克遜縣”
  • Chinese: “杰克逊县”
  • Dutch: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jackson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jackson”
  • Estonian: “Jacksoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jacksonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Comté de Jackson”
  • Georgian: “ჯექსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jackson County”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’קסון”
  • Hungarian: “Jackson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jackson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jackson”
  • Japanese: “ジャクソン郡”
  • Korean: “잭슨군”
  • Latin: “Jackson Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Jackson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جکسون شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “جکسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jackson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jackson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson”
  • Russian: “Джексон”
  • Russian: “Джэксон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Jackson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џексон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County”
  • Slovenian: “Jackson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County”
  • Tatar: “Джексон (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Джексон”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джексон”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Texas Junction and Mount Carbon.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Borgsmiller Lake and Borgsmiller Lake Dam.

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