A history of Jackson,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Jackson from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusJackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 954 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 966 people in 2010, 954 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jackson yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Jackson’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOn the road to Canter's Cave, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Jackson
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Jackson, decade by decade
1990s
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 Mount Victory Historic District in Mount Victory, 10.2 miles away.
Jackson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as On the road to Canter's Cave (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.