Editing Jackson, Ohio

{{see also|North Jackson, Ohio}}
{{for|the city in Pike County commonly called East Jackson|Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio}}
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'''Jackson''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Jackson County, Ohio]], United States<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> approximately {{convert|27|mi}} southeast of [[Chillicothe, Ohio|Chillicothe]]. The population was 6,252 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is the principal city of the [[Micropolitan statistical area|Jackson, Ohio micropolitan area]], which consists of Jackson County.

== History ==
[[File:Historical Collections of Ohio- An Encyclopedia of the State; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining (14773062865).jpg|thumb|left|Late 19th century]]
Established in 1817,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | access-date=December 12, 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n233 249]}}</ref> residents named the town after [[Andrew Jackson]], a hero of the War of 1812, and an eventual president of the United States.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n166 167]}}</ref> The community grew slowly, having only 297 inhabitants in 1840. In 1846, Jackson contained four churches, about seven stores, and a single newspaper office. Over the next 40 years, the town grew quickly, attaining a population of 3,021 people in 1880. By 1880, two railroad lines passed through the community, helping to spur economic and population growth. In 1886, two newspaper offices, eight churches, and two banks existed in Jackson. The largest businesses in the town were the Star Furnace Company and the Globe Iron Company, with 30 employees apiece. Both firms used local coal and iron ore deposits to make iron products.

Jackson continued to grow during the 20th century. Jackson was the county's largest community in 2000, with a population of 6,184 people. This number amounted to roughly 20% of the county's entire population. Today, many locals find employment in a General Mills plant in nearby [[Wellston, Ohio]], which employs more than 1000 people.<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1950/ Ohio History Central]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.49|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|8.23|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

=== Public lands ===
Parks include Eddie Jones Park, Manpower Park, and McKinley Park. The city operates the Fairmount Cemetery. The Lillian E. Jones museum is housed in a house built in 1869. Hammertown Lake, the city reservoir, has picnic areas and fishing.

===Climate===
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|location = Jackson 3 NW, Ohio (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1914–present)
|single line = Y
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|Jan record high F = 78
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 83
|Dec record high F = 79
|year record high F = 104
|Jan high F = 37.0
|Feb high F = 40.8
|Mar high F = 50.9
|Apr high F = 64.4
|May high F = 71.8
|Jun high F = 78.7
|Jul high F = 81.7
|Aug high F = 80.5
|Sep high F = 74.7
|Oct high F = 63.4
|Nov high F = 51.7
|Dec high F = 41.3
|year high F = 61.4
|Jan mean F = 28.9
|Feb mean F = 31.8
|Mar mean F = 40.6
|Apr mean F = 52.2
|May mean F = 60.7
|Jun mean F = 68.3
|Jul mean F = 71.9
|Aug mean F = 70.6
|Sep mean F = 64.3
|Oct mean F = 52.8
|Nov mean F = 42.1
|Dec mean F = 33.6
|year mean F = 51.5
|Jan low F = 20.8
|Feb low F = 22.8
|Mar low F = 30.4
|Apr low F = 40.1
|May low F = 49.6
|Jun low F = 58.0
|Jul low F = 62.2
|Aug low F = 60.8
|Sep low F = 53.8
|Oct low F = 42.2
|Nov low F = 32.4
|Dec low F = 26.0
|year low F = 41.6
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|Feb record low F = −20
|Mar record low F = -15
|Apr record low F = 10
|May record low F = 17
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 11
|Nov record low F = -11
|Dec record low F = −20
|year record low F = -31
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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.26
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.37
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.15
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.07
|May precipitation inch = 4.42
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.53
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.65
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.59
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.48
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.99
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.94
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.61
|year precipitation inch = 45.06
|Jan snow inch = 7.0
|Feb snow inch = 5.9
|Mar snow inch = 3.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.2
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|Aug snow inch = 0.0
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|Oct snow inch = 0.1
|Nov snow inch = 0.9
|Dec snow inch = 3.6
|year snow inch = 20.7
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|Feb precipitation days = 12.1
|Mar precipitation days = 11.7
|Apr precipitation days = 11.8
|May precipitation days = 12.7
|Jun precipitation days = 11.8
|Jul precipitation days = 11.2
|Aug precipitation days = 9.7
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 9.8
|Nov precipitation days = 9.7
|Dec precipitation days = 12.4
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|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.8
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| title = Station: Jackson 3 NW, OH
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
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==Demographics==

Jackson has the eighth largest population of people of [[Welsh Americans|Welsh]] descent in the United States, and fourth largest in Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Welsh.html |title=Welsh Ancestry Search - Welsh Genealogy by City - ePodunk.com |access-date=May 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713035325/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Welsh.html |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Church|Welsh-American Heritage Museum]] in [[Oak Hill, Ohio|Oak Hill]] describes the experience of Welsh immigration to this area and their chief occupations in farming, making iron, and manufacturing clay.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rio.edu/madog/Welsh-American-Heritage-Museum.cfm |title=Welsh-American Heritage Museum |access-date=May 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120926/http://www.rio.edu/madog/Welsh-American-Heritage-Museum.cfm |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{US Census population
|align=right
|1830= 136
|1840= 297
|1850= 480
|1860= 1067
|1870= 2016
|1880= 3021
|1890= 4320
|1900= 4672
|1910= 5468
|1920= 5842
|1930= 5922
|1940= 6295
|1950= 6504
|1960= 6980
|1970= 6843
|1980= 6675
|1990= 6144
|2000= 6184
|2010= 6397
|2020= 6252
|estyear=2021
|estimate=6209
|estref=
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name=Census1870>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Ninth Census|date=1870|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=April 24, 2020 }}</ref><ref name=Census1880>{{cite web|title=Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1880a_v1-11.pdf|date=1880|work=Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1910>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/36894832v3ch3.pdf|work=1910 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite web|title=Population: Ohio|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf|work=1930 US Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 28, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=April 24, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/jacksoncityohio,US/PST045221|title=Jackson city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 1, 2022}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:JacksonOHAppleWaterTower.JPG|right|thumb|The water tower in Jackson is painted with an apple to celebrate the city's Apple Festival]]

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 6,397 people, 2,734 households, and 1,698 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|777.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,019 housing units at an average density of {{convert|366.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.5% of the population.

There were 2,734 households, of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.9% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 38.1 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 14.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.5% male and 53.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 6,184 people, 2,667 households, and 1,712 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|823.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,905 housing units at an average density of {{convert|386.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.44% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.29% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.60% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.86% of the population.

There were 2,667 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,728, and the median income for a family was $33,456. Males had a median income of $31,131 versus $21,612 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,855. About 14.6% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Jackson City Schools operates three elementary schools, one middle school and Jackson High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jcs.k12.oh.us/|title=Jackson City Schools|website=www.jcs.k12.oh.us}}</ref>

The city has Jackson City Library, a public lending library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jacksoncitylibrary.org | title=Homepage | publisher=Jackson City Library | access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Stan Arthur]], [[Vice Chief of Naval Operations]], Officer in [[United States Navy|U.S Navy]]
* [[Fletcher Benton]], sculptor and painter
* [[Frank Crumit]], singer, songwriter, half of the "Swinging Sweethearts"
* [[Homer Marshman]], first owner of the NFL's [[Los Angeles Rams|Rams]] franchise
* [[Allen McKenzie]], musician for [[FireHouse]]
* [[William G. Pickrel|William Pickrel]], American attorney and 40th and 43rd lieutenant governor of Ohio
* [[John Wesley Powell]], explorer of the Grand Canyon and other western lands
* [[Nicole Riegel]], writer and director of the 2020 film ''[[Holler (film)|Holler]]'', Director 2024 Film Dandelion
* [[Effie Hoffman Rogers]], educator

==See also==
* [[Jackson County Apple Festival]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Collier's poster|Jackson (Ohio)|Jackson, Ohio}}
* [http://www.jacksonohio.us/ City of Jackson]

{{Jackson County, Ohio}}
{{Ohio county seats}}

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