Editing Jackson, Alabama (section)

==History==
[[File:Battle of Burnt Corn.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Alabama during the [[War of 1812]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lossing |first=Benson |title=The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 |publisher=Harper & Brothers, Publishers |year=1868 |page=751}}</ref>]]
Jackson was founded in 1816 and is named after President [[Andrew Jackson]]. Former names for the city include Pine Level and Republicville.

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] fort was established on the banks of the [[Tombigbee River]]. It was named [[Fort Carney]] and was positioned on Carney's Bluff just south of Jackson. The cannon that was on the bluff now sits in front of City Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/m-7267|title=Civil War Cannon in Jackson {{!}} Encyclopedia of Alabama|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama|access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>

Jackson has four sites listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. They are the [[Jackson Historic District (Jackson, Alabama)|Jackson Historic District]], [[Clarke Mills]], [[Doit W. McClellan Lustron House]], and [[J. P. McKee Lustron House]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], a [[prisoner-of-war camp]] was built and operated holding 253 captured [[Nazi Germany|German soldiers]] on Ocre Avenue.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title=Welcome to Clarke County Pamphlet 
 |publisher=Clarke County Development Foundation 
 |date=June 2005 
 |url=http://www.clarkecountyal.com/documents/ClarkeBooklet.pdf 
 |access-date=April 25, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708162253/http://www.clarkecountyal.com/documents/ClarkeBooklet.pdf 
 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 
}}</ref>  The camp was opened April 6, 1945, and closed March 12, 1946.<ref name=POWMarker>Clarke County Historical Marker, N31°31’53.6”W087°53’28.8”</ref>  Many of the prisoners were members of the [[Afrika Korps]].<ref name=POWMarker/>