Jackson County, MS

Headnote
JACKSON COUNTY, situated at the southeast corner of Mississippi, on the gulf of Mexico, and traversed by Pascagoula river. Area, 1,175 square miles. Face of the county varied; soil, sterile. Seat of justice, Jackson C. H. Pop. in 1840, 1,965; in 1850, 3,196. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Mississippi

Jackson County, Mississippi (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
JACKSON COUNTY, situated at the southeast corner of Mississippi, on the gulf of Mexico, and traversed by Pascagoula river. Area, 1,175 square miles. Face of the county varied; soil, sterile. Seat of justice, Jackson C. H. Pop. in 1840, 1,965; in 1850, 3,196.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 170.
How to Cite This Page: "Jackson County, MS," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/30151.