Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
JACKSON COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Tennessee, and traversed by Cumberland river. Area, 625 square miles. Face of the country, undulating. Soil productive. Seat of justice, Gainesborough. Pop. in 1820, 7,593; in 1830, 9,698; in 1840, 12,872; in 1850, 15,673. (Fanning's, 1853)