History · Jackson
Jackson’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Jackson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
2 old photos & papers
2 need a date
From Jackson’s archive · credits on each photo
What stands out about Jackson’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Jackson’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far Jackson, in brief Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Jackson Township is a township in Grundy County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Jackson Township has the name of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 135 to 122 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia . Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
Jackson, decade by decade Then & now Stand where they stood No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view Koehler House Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jackson’s page.
Retake this view · +15 Famous people Famous people close to Jackson Nobody well known was born in Jackson itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Stories next door
History across the town line
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Jackson? → Who remembers Jackson in the 1950s? → A family story from old Jackson → Does anyone have photos of Jackson from the 1990s? →
From the Library of Congress (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.