Jackson County (Kan.)

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Name (Latin)
Jackson County (Kan.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Jackson County, Kan
Coordinates
-95.8333 -95.8333 39.4 39.4 (gooearth )
W0955001 W0955001 N0392400 N0392400 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 157096123
Wikidata: Q377046
Library of congress: n 79107262
OCoLC: oca00339214
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 39°24ʹ00ʺN 095°50ʹ01ʺW)
  • Campbell, H.V. Soil survey of ... 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Jackson County, Kansas)
  • Rand McNally 1976 comm. atlas(under Kansas counties: Jackson; county seat, Holton)
  • Fenton, D. Jackson County, Kansas (Calhoun County) bride and groom marriage index, c1990- :v. 1, introd. (in 1855 Calhoun County was established in the Kansas Territory; in 1859 its name was changed to Jackson County)

Wikipedia description:

Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation, near the center of the county, comprises about 18.5% of the county's area.

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