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Jackson

Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,791. Its county seat is , and its largest municipality is .
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  • Type: County with 29,200 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Jackson County”, “Jackson County, Virginia”, “Jackson County, West Virginia”, and “Jackson County, WV”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Staats Mill Covered Bridge and Ripley High School.

Bridge
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, also known as Tug Fork Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge near in Jackson County, West Virginia, .

School
is a public school in , serving the town of Ripley and the immediate surrounding areas in Jackson County, West Virginia. The school receives feeder students from Ripley Middle School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shatto and Hereford.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, , United States.

Jackson

Latitude
38.8181° or 38° 49′ 5″ north
Longitude
-81.6585° or 81° 39′ 31″ west
Population
29,200
Elevation
728 feet (222 metres)
Open location code
86CWR89R+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006318
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4810022
Wiki­data ID
Q504856
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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, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Jackson County”
  • Bengali: “জ্যাকসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “জ্যাকশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаксън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jackson”
  • Cebuano: “Jackson County”
  • Chechen: “Джэксон”
  • Chinese: “Jackson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “傑克遜縣”
  • Chinese: “杰克逊县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Jackson, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Jackson”
  • Dutch: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “Jackson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jackson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jackson”
  • Estonian: “Jacksoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jacksonin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Jackson”
  • French: “comté de Jackson”
  • French: “Comté de Jackson”
  • Georgian: “ჯექსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jackson County”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “جکسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζάκσον”
  • Hungarian: “Jackson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jackson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jackson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jackson”
  • 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 Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jackson County”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Jackson Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Jackson Kaundi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جکسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Jackson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jackson”
  • Russian: “Джексон”
  • Russian: “Джэксон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Serbian: “Jackson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џексон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Jackson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jackson”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Jackson County”
  • Tatar: “Джэксон (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Джэксон”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Jackson County”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Jackson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джексон”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jackson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jackson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jackson”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Jackson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیکسن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ripley and Oak Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pantell Cemetery and Casto Cemetery.

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