Жексон қаласының тарихы мен географиясы

the city in Pike County commonly called East Jackson

Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Ohio, United States approximately 27 mile (43 km) southeast of Chillicothe. The population was 6,252 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Jackson, Ohio micropolitan area, which consists of Jackson County.

Established in 1817, residents named the town after Andrew Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812, and an eventual president of the United States. 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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.49 square miles (22 km2), of which 8.23 square miles (21 km2) is land and 0.26 square miles (1 km2) is water.

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.

Jackson has the eighth largest population of people of Welsh descent in the United States, and fourth largest in Ohio. The Welsh American Heritage Museum in Oak Hill describes the experience of Welsh immigration to this area and their chief occupations in farming, making iron, and manufacturing clay.

As of the census of 2010, there were 6,397 people, 2,734 households, and 1,698 families living in the city. The population density was There were 3,019 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% White, 0.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or 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 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.