Jackson County
Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The county was incorporated on January 10, 1816, and named for Andrew Jackson. The community of Brownsville served as the fledgling county's first seat. Jackson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".
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Cities and towns 11
- City of Ava pop. 546
- City of Carbondale pop. 21,741
- City of Grand Tower pop. 474
- City of Murphysboro pop. 7,023
- Village of Campbell Hill pop. 308
- Village of De Soto pop. 1,392
- Village of Dowell pop. 364
- Village of Elkville pop. 829
- Village of Gorham pop. 168
- Village of Makanda pop. 542
- Village of Vergennes pop. 232
Townships 16
- Township of Bradley pop. 1,887
- Township of Carbondale pop. 24,534
- Township of De Soto pop. 2,270
- Township of Degognia pop. 145
- Township of Elk pop. 1,730
- Township of Fountain Bluff pop. 191
- Township of Grand Tower pop. 557
- Township of Kinkaid pop. 452
- Township of Levan pop. 831
- Township of Makanda pop. 4,021
- Township of Murphysboro pop. 9,367
- Township of Ora pop. 506
- Township of Pomona pop. 774
- Township of Sand Ridge pop. 673
- Township of Somerset pop. 3,956
- Township of Vergennes pop. 671
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 162139
- FIPS state
- 17
- FIPS county
- 077
- FIPS place
- 99077
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF JACKSON
- Mailing address
- 1001 WALNUT ST, MURPHYSBORO 62966