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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.

2old photos & papers
2need 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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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.

Koehler House
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Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Jackson’s page.

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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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From the Library of Congress (2). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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