The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to the establishment of Jackson, the townsite of Old St. John's was settled approximately 1.5 miles north of the current site of Jackson on June 2, 1856, by a Catholic colony of sixty Irish immigrants led by Father Trecy. The colony was one of the first towns settled in Dakota County, and the first Catholic parish in Nebraska. When the rising Missouri River began to threaten the town around 1860, all of the residents of Old St. John's moved south to what is now known as Jackson.
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Start Jackson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jackson’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Jackson, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Jackson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Jackson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Theophile Bruguier Cabin in Sioux City, 5.9 miles away.
Jackson and the nearest listed places
Closest to Jackson
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.