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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|472|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|464|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|7.3|sqmi}} (1.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_54.txt |access-date=July 24, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[Ohio River]] forms part of Jackson County's western border. [[Sandy Creek (Ohio River)|Sandy Creek]] and [[Mill Creek (western West Virginia)|Mill Creek]], tributaries of the Ohio, flow through the county's northern and central portions.<ref>{{Cite book |title=West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer |publisher=[[DeLorme]] |year=1997 |isbn=0-89933-246-3 |location=Yarmouth, Me. |pages=32β33}}</ref> ===Major highways=== {{div col}} * [[Image:I-77 (WV).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 77 in West Virginia|Interstate 77]] * [[Image:US 33.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 33 in West Virginia|U.S. Highway 33]] * [[Image:WV-2.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 2]] * [[Image:WV-34.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 34]] * [[Image:WV-62.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 62]] * [[Image:WV-68.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 68]] * [[Image:WV-87.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 87]] * [[Image:WV-331.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 331]] {{div col end}} ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Wood County, West Virginia|Wood County]] (north) * [[Wirt County, West Virginia|Wirt County]] (northeast) * [[Roane County, West Virginia|Roane County]] (east) * [[Kanawha County, West Virginia|Kanawha County]] (south) * [[Putnam County, West Virginia|Putnam County]] (southwest) * [[Mason County, West Virginia|Mason County]] (west) * [[Meigs County, Ohio]] (northwest) ===National protected area=== * [[Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
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