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Facts and History of Jackson Co FL


Jackson Co FL Demographics

Jackson Co FL Community Development website.

Jackson Co FL History

Jackson County, Florida was named for Andrew Jackson b 1767 d 1845.
Andrew Jackson, picture and bio
Established August 12, 1822
Jackson Co FL was created from Escambia Co in 1822. Marianna is the county seat, zip code 32446. County Judge has marriage and probate records, Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce, civil court and land records from 1850.

A Great Page!
West Florida War by Dale Cox

Murder in Marianna, April 3, 1871.
John Quincy DICKINSON
A very good page to read.

Click here for information on: Where to write for Vital Records in Florida

Boundaries of Jackson Co include several counties and two states, GA and AL. Gadsden County FL Bay Co FL Washington Co FL Geneva Co AL Houston Co AL Seminole Co GA Holmes County FL Liberty County, Florida, and Calhoun Co FL and Decatur Co GA.

Florida Counties created from Jackson Co:
Calhoun Co 1839 (Franklin, Washington, Jackson)
Franklin Co 1832 (Jackson)
Gadsden Co 1823 (Jackson)
Walton Co 1824 (Jackson)
Washington Co 1825 (Jackson, Walton)


Florida State Archives Photographic Collection


Descriptions of the Enumeration Districts for Federal Census records of Jackson Co FL
1900, 1910, 1920.
Thank You, Cindy.
Click here: Jackson County, Florida census 1900, 1910, 1920
Washington Co FL Census Enumeration Descriptions 1900-1910-1920
Holmes Co FL Census Enumeration Descriptions 1900-1910-1920
Calhoun Co FL Census Enumeration Descriptions 1900-1910

State Prisons in Jackson Co FL

1. Apalachee Correctional Institution (Sneads)

Churches in Jackson County, Florida
click here for a great site: Churches of Jackson Co FL, thanks Cindy.
Antioch Church
Apostolic Church
Bellview Church
Bethlehem Church
Beulah Church
Bright Prospect Church
Buckhorn Church
Caniehead Church
Cedar Grove Church
Circle Hill Church
Cypress Grove Church
Damascus Church
Eastside Church
Ebenezer Church
Lipford Church
Ephesus Church
Evergreen Church
Friendship Church
Galilee Church
Greenwood Chapel
Hasty Pond Church
Hickory Grove Church
Hickory Level Church
Holly Grove Church
Hollyneck Church
Liberty Hill Church
Little Rock Creek Church
Little Zion Church
Longview Church
Lovewood Church
Macedonnia Church
Magnolia Church
Midway Church
Mill Spring Church
Mills Church
Mt. Ararat Church
Mt. Cello Church
Mt. Chapel Church
Mt. Olive Church
Mt. Zion Church
New Hope Church
New Salem Church
New Home Church
New Salem Church
Oak Grove Church
Pilgrims Rest Church
Pine Ridge Church
Piney Grove Church
Pleasant Grove Church
Pleasant Hill Church
Pleasant Ridge Church
Poplar Springs Church
Post Oak Church
Rocky Grove Church
St. Johns Church
St. Mark Church
St. Marys Church
St. Phillips Church
St. Rose Church
Salem Church
Sapp Church
Scott Church
Shady Grove Church
Shiloh Church
Snow Hill Church
Spring Hill Church (Miles Family Cemetery was moved to here.)
Springfield Church
Sylvania Church
Welcome Church
White Pond Church

(If you know of any I missed let me know)

Cemeteries of Jackson County, Florida
Construction of a Web site for all cemeteries of Jackson County, Florida is under construction by some very hard working people. (Message to be posted here soon) I will list names here, let me know of any I missed.

Alford Cemetery
Bazzell Cemetery in Bascom
Braxton Cemetery in Oakdale
Bellamy Cemetery
Beulah Cemetery
Bright Prospect Cemetery
Bruner Cemetery
Carpenter Cemetery in Cypress
Cartledge Cemetery
Coonrod Cemetery in Malone
Cottondale Baptist Cemetery
Circle Hill Cemetery
Collins Chapel Cemetery
Cow Pen Cemetery in Dellwood
Cypress Grove Cemetery
Damacaus Cemetery
Dykes Cemetery in Sneads
Elder Cemetery in Oakdale
Ephesus Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery in Cypress
Friendship Cemetery
Fulgum Cemetery in Dellwood
Gallie Cemetery
Grant Cemetery in Oakdale
Harper Cemetery
Hays Cemetery in Malone
Hinson Cemetery in Campbellton (AL line)
Holley Grove or Dykes Cemetery
Howard Cemetery
Jerusalem Cemetery in Oakdale
Kynesville Methodist Cemetery
Lawrence Cemetery
Lipford Cemetery in Kynesville
Little Rock Cemetery in Oakdale
Logan Cemetery in Cypress
Lovedale Cemetery
Maddox Cemetery in Altha
Marvin Chapel Cemetery
McCormick Cemetery in Kynesville
McNeally Cemetery in Malone
Mount Zion Cemetery in Chipley
New Hope Cemetery in Graceville
New Hope Cemetery in Marianna
New Hope Cemetery in Two Egg
New Salem Cemetery in Kynesville
Nubbin Ridge Cemetery in Marianna
Oak Grove Cemetery
Orange Hill Cemetery in Marianna
Owens Cemetery
Pelt Cemetery in Oakdale
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Piney Grove Cemetery
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Pledger Cemetery in Oakdale
Pope Cemetery in Sneads
Poplar Head Cemetery
Poplar Springs
Riverside Cemetery in Marianna
Robinson Cemetery in Fairchild (GA)
Rocky Creek Cemetery
Roulhac Cemetery in Marianna
Round Lake Cemetery
Salem Cemetery in Westlyn
Sand Ridge Cemetery in Fairchild (GA)
Simpsons Cemetery in Fairchild (GA)
Sims Cemetery in Oakdale
Sinai Cemetery in Sneads
Spring Hill Cemetery
Stevens Cemetery in Cypress
St. Likes Cemetery
Tipton Cemetery
Vickery Cemetery in Kynesville
Walters Cemetery in Cypress
Welcome Cemetery
Wester Cemetery in Cypress
Whiddon cemetery in Fairchild (GA)
White Pond Cemetery
Yon Cemetery in Sneads

Communities of Jackson Co FL

Cities

Alford, Bascom, Campbellton, Cottondale, Graceville, Grand Ridge, Greenwood, Jacob City, Malone, Marianna, and Sneads.

Unincorporated Communities

Alliance, Browntown, Chipola, Compress Lake, Dellwood, Hornsville, Kynesville, Lovedale, Lovewood, Millspring, Oakdale, Paront, Round Lake, Shady Grove, Sills, Simsville, Sink Creek, Two Egg, and West End.

Other Communities of Jackson Co FL

Bellamy Bridge, Boykin, Buena Vista, Chipola Terrance, Compress Lake in the Hills, Compress Lake, Cypress, Drummond's Store, Ellaville, Frazer, Glass, Haynes, Hickory Hill, Inwood, Ocheesee Gardens, Parramore, Pilgrims Rest, Rambo, Reddick Mill, Ridge Top, Ridge Top, Rock Creek, Sinai, Spring Hill, Steele City, Union City, Woodruff and Yon.

Marianna Lowlands
The Marianna Lowland area could be compared to a very shallow saucer with the edges occupied by the upland regions. It is one of the two areas of Florida where limestone is found at the surface. The Marianna limestone is of the Oligocene age. The largest commerical caverns open to the public in Florida are found here.

Waddells Mill Pond Site
Waddells Mill Pond Site is seven miles northwest of Marianna. Prehistoric Chatot village site. Excavations in 1959- 1960 revealed ceramics and chipped stone artifacts of the Fort Walton Phase (Middle to Late Mississippian Horizon).

Ponds
Battle pond
Bear Pond (Lake)
Bell Pond
Bell Ppond
Boggs Pond
Boggy Pond
Bonnet Pond
Brandy Beach Pond (Lake)
Brantley Pond
Brick Yard Pond
Brushy Pond
Burns Pond
Camp Pond
Collins Mill Pond (Lake)
Cow Pond
Cow Pen Pond
Cypress Pond
Drummond Bay Pond (Lake)
Flag Pond
Florida Pond
Gaynor Pond
Grant Pond
Ham Pond
Harts Pond
Hasty Pond
Hoover Pond
Horse Ponds
Jenkins pond
Jones Pond
Kent Mill Pond
King Pond
Lockley Pond
Logan Hog Pen Pond
Long Pond
Lott Pond
McArthur Pond
Merritts Mill Pond (Lake)
North Pond
Ocheesee Pond (Lake)
Pine Log Pond
Raw Pond
Rock Pond
Rum Pond
Scott Hammock Pond
Seventeen Mile Pond (Lake)
Stevens Pond
Sweet Pond
Thompson Pond
Waddells Mill Pond (Lake)
Wash Pond
Williams Pond
Williams Mill pond
Wolf Head Pond

Bays
Baxley Bay
Baxter Bay
Big Bay
Brock Bay
Broom Bay
Bush Hammock Bay
Danford Bay
Dixon Bay
Dor Tharpe Bay
Dorman Bay
Drummond Bay
Eddenfield Bay
Hicks Old Bay
Honey Hill Bay
Jordan Bay
Lonnie White Bay
Old Briar Bay
Pittman Bay
Rawley Bay
Reedy Creek Bay (Lake)
Register Bay
Rock Bay
Shelter Bay
Sink Gable Bay
Taylor Bay (Lake)
Water Bay
Wilcat Bay
Williams Bay

Creeks
Baker Creek
Big Alligator Creek
Buck Creek
Flsn? (Fish?) Creek
Gum Creek
Holmes Creek
Irwin Mill Creek
Jenkins Creek
Lake Dry Creek
Little Creek
Little Alligator Creek
Little Rocky Creek
Marshall Creek
Minnow Creek
Pumpkin Creek
Rocky Creek
Spring Branch Creek
Spring Creek

Lakes
Compress Lake
Lake Albert
Mccormick Lake
Strickland Lake

Springs
Blue Springs
Dantel Springs
Double Springs
Gadsen Springs
Mill Pond Springs
Spring Board Spring
Tanne Springs
Webbullie Springs
White Springs

Rivers
Apalachicola River
Chattahoochee River
Chipola River
Econlina River

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Forest River Road
Reddick Mill Road

Runs
Lott Run
Hayes Spring Run

Swamp
Victory Swamp (Lake)

Island
Crooked Island

Ditch
Hoover Ditch

Other
Jim Woodruff Reservoir
Three Rivers State Recreation park

Rail Road
Louisville-Nashville RR

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