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Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 43,109. Since 1913, its county seat has been , which replaced . is the site of Western Carolina University.
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  • Type: County with 40,300 residents
  • Description: county in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Jackson County”, “Jackson County, NC”, and “Jackson County, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hunter Library and Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium.

Library
is the university library at Western Carolina University and is located in Cullowhee, . supports Western Carolina University's mission of teaching and learning.

Pitch
is a 13,742-seat football stadium in . It opened in 1974 and is home to the Western Carolina University Catamounts football team.

Jackson

Latitude
35.2962° or 35° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
-83.1388° or 83° 8′ 20″ west
Population
40,300
Elevation
2,188 feet (667 metres)
Open location code
867R7VW6+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316978986
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4473029
Wiki­data ID
Q502521
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Jackson” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Jackson County, Noord-Carolina”
  • Afrikaans: “Jackson County”
  • Albanian: “Jackson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جاكسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه جاكسون، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jackson”
  • Basque: “Jackson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County, North Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County”
  • Bengali: “জ্যাকসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি, নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаксън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jackson”
  • Cebuano: “Jackson County”
  • Chechen: “Джэксон (округ, Къилбаседа Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Джэксон”
  • Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “傑克遜縣”
  • Chinese: “杰克逊县”
  • Czech: “Jackson County”
  • Czech: “okres Jackson”
  • Dutch: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jackson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jackson”
  • Estonian: “Jacksoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jacksonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Jackson County”
  • German: “Jackson County”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’קסון”
  • Hungarian: “Jackson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jackson, Carolina Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Contae Jackson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Jackson County”
  • Japanese: “ジャクソン郡”
  • Korean: “잭슨군”
  • Low German: “Jackson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جکسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jackson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County i Nord-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jackson County”
  • Nyanja: “Jackson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Jackson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson, Carolina de Nord”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson”
  • Russian: “Джексон”
  • Russian: “Джэксон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џексон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Jackson County”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County”
  • Tatar: “Джэксон (округ, Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Джэксон”
  • Tumbuka: “Jackson County, North Carolina”
  • Tumbuka: “Jackson County”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, NC”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, N.C.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, NC”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джексон”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، شمالی کیرولینا”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson, North Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson, North Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، اتلا کیرولینا”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alum Knob and Wike Cemetery.

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