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JACKSON County (formerly Calhoun), was one of the thirty-three counties organized by the first Territorial Legislature of Kansas, at its session in 1858

 

Surrounding Counties

Atchison, Brown, Jefferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee

 

Map Source: "First Biennial Report of the State Board of Agriculture to the Legislature of the State of Kansas, for the Years 1877-8

by  Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Rand, McNally & Co., Printers and Engravers, Chicago. 1878.

 

 

• 1881 Plat Maps - Historical Plat Book of Jackson County. Chicago: J.S. Bird, 1881. (names are exactly as they appear on the Map Outline)

  • Map Outline

  • Cedar (Left portion)

  • Cedar (Upper Right portion)

  • Cedar (Lower Bottom portion)

  • Circleville

  • Diminished Pottawattamie Indian Reservation

  • Douglass

  • Franklin

  • Grant (Left portion)

  • Grant (Right portion)

  • Holton

  • Jefferson

  • Larkin

  • Liberty

  • Netawaka

  • Town of Netawaka

  • Straight Creek

  • Soldier

  • Town of Soldier

  • Tippenville (now Denison)

  • Washington (top portion)

  • Washington (bottom left portion)

  • Washington (bottom right portion)

  • Whiting

  • Town of Whiting

• 1903 Plat Maps - Plat Book of Jackson County, Kansas, Compiled from County Records and Actual Surveys. Minneapolis: Northwest Publishing Co., 1903. (pdf files)

  • Map Outline

  • Adrian

  • Birmingham (Franklin & Garfield Twp)

  • Cedar & Douglas (Range 16E)

  • Cedar & Douglas (Range 15E) & Part of Diminished Pottawattamie Res.

  • Circleville

  • Dennison

  • Douglas (Twp 8S Range 15E) & Part of Diminished Pottawattamie Res.

  • Douglas (Twp 9S Range 15E) & Part of Diminished Pottawattamie Res.

  • Franklin

  • Garfield

  • Grant (Range 14E)

  • Grant (Ranges 12 & 13E)

  • Holton

  • Hoyt

  • Jefferson

  • Larkin (Garfield Twp)

  • Liberty

  • Mayetta

  • Netawaka

  • Town of Netawaka

  • Part of Diminished Pottawattamie Indian Reservation

  • Soldier

  • Town of Soldier

  • Straight Creek P.O. & Station (Plotted as Clonch)

  • Straight Creek

  • Washington (Range 14E) & Part of Diminished Pottawattamie Res.

  • Washington (Range 12 & 13E)

  • Whiting

  • Town of Whiting

Resources

List of Jackson County Township Maps

The list below shows cities, towns  and villages within each map area. To search for cemeteries, villages and other features click on the townships listed below which will take you to the USGS GNIS site.

If you know of any other cities, towns or villages that are not listed or errors in the data below please e-mail me.

• Adrian Township - Adrian,  Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Cedar Township (organized in 1873, from part of Douglas) - Denison (aka Tippinville), Mayetta, Potawatomi Indian Reservation, South Cedar

• Douglas Township (organized in 1873) - Hoyt

• Franklin Township (organized in 1873) - Banner, City of Holton, Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Garfield Township - Birmingham

• Grant Township (organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson)- Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Jefferson Township (organized in 1870) - Circleville

• Liberty Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin)

• Lincoln Township - Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Netawaka Township (organized in 1871, from part of Franklin) - Netawaka

• Soldier Township (organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson) - Soldier

• Straight Creek Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin) - Larkinsburg

• Washington Township (organized in 1873, from part of Douglas) - Delia, Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Whiting Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin) - Whiting

• Adrian Township - Adrian,  Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Cedar Township (organized in 1873, from part of Douglas) - Denison (aka Tippinville), Mayetta, Potawatomi Indian Reservation, South Cedar

• Douglas Township (organized in 1873) - Hoyt

• Franklin Township (organized in 1873) - Banner, City of Holton, Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Garfield Township - Birmingham

• Grant Township (organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson)- Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Jefferson Township (organized in 1870) - Circleville

• Liberty Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin)

• Lincoln Township - Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Netawaka Township (organized in 1871, from part of Franklin) - Netawaka

• Soldier Township (organized in 1870, from part of Jefferson) - Soldier

• Straight Creek Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin) - Larkinsburg

• Washington Township (organized in 1873, from part of Douglas) - Delia, Potawatomi Indian Reservation

• Whiting Township (organized in 1872, from part of Franklin) - Whiting

Various Maps - Offsite

• Kansas State & County Maps - Maps published in  William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas  first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL which includes Jackson County.

• A Collection of Digitized Kansas Maps - Regional Maps.  The 1858 maps shows Jackson County as it's original county name Calhoun County.