Jackson County, Illinois

Overview

• Population: 61,296 (Change since 1990: +0.4%)
• Created: January 10, 1816
• County seat: Murphysboro
• Largest town: Carbondale (Pop. 20,681)
• Name origin: Andrew Jackson

Populated Places

• Ava (City)
  • Population: 662 (Change since 1990: -1.8%)
  • Located at junction IL 4 and IL 151 northwest of Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'18" N, 89°29'41" W
  • Post office: Jul. 15, 1857 - Now
• Barr (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 13 between Murphysboro and Carbondale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'15" N, 89°15'60" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Carbondale
  • USGS Quad: Murphysboro (Not shown)
• Boskydell (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Bosky Dell
  • Located south of Carbondale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'16" N, 89°12'49" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 409
  • Civil township: Makanda
  • USGS Quad: Carbondale
  • Map: 1898 (Bosky Dell)
• Brunkhorst Landing (Historical)
  • Located on the Mississippi River, upstream from Grand Tower and opposite Cape Cinque Hommes
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'54" N, 89°31'05" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 350
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
• Bryden (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'03" N, 89°24'58" W
  • Civil township: Ora
  • USGS Quad: Ava (Not shown)
  • Map: 1898
• Campbell Hill (Village)
  • Population: 333 (Change since 1990: -5.1%)
  • Located along IL 4 northwest of Ava
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°55'48" N, 89°32'56" W
  • Post office: June 25, 1846 - Nov. 23, 1864 (Bradley); Feb. 1, 1865 - May 15, 1876 (Bradley); May 15, 1876 - Now (Campbell Hill)
• Carbondale (City)
  • Population: 20,681 (Change since 1990: -23.5%)
  • Located at the junction US 45 and IL 13 east of Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'38" N, 89°12'60" W
  • Post office: Feb. 27, 1854 - Now
• Cave Valley (Historical)
  • Short-lived post office along Cedar Creek
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 13
  • Civil township: Grand Tower
  • USGS Quad: Gorham (Not shown)
  • Post office: Feb. 7, 1893 - July 20, 1894
• Cora (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off IL 3 southeast of Rockwood
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'26" N, 89°40'13" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 5 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 365
  • Civil township: Degognia
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood
• Crain (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 3 between the intersections with IL 151 and IL 149
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'48" N, 89°30'28" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 35
  • Elevation: 384
  • Civil township: Kinkaid
  • USGS Quad: Raddle
  • Post office: Feb. 13, 1894 - Mar. 15, 1907
• De Soto (Village)
  • Population: 1,653 (Change since 1990: +10.2%)
  • Located along US 51 north of Carbondale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'03" N, 89°13'40" W
  • Post office: Apr. 6, 1855 - Now
• Degognia (Historical)
  • Located northeast of Cora
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'40" N, 89°37'49" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 700
  • Civil township: Degognia
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood
• Dorchester (Historical)
  • Short-lived mining town
  • Alternate name: Scotchtown
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 17
  • Civil township: Murphysboro
  • USGS Quad: Pomona (Not shown)
• Dowell (Village)
  • Population: 441 (Change since 1990: -5.2%)
  • Located on US 51 near the Perry County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'23" N, 89°14'16" W
  • Post office: Dec. 12, 1918 - Now
• Dry Hill (Unincorporated)
  • Located northeast of Glenn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'02" N, 89°33'12" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 21
  • Elevation: 736
  • Civil township: Kinkaid
  • USGS Quad: Raddle
  • Post office: June 23, 1871 - July 17, 1877
• Elkville (Village)
  • Population: 1,001 (Change since 1990: +4.5%)
  • Located on US 45 between Dowell and Hallidayboro, north of Carbondale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'36" N, 89°14'09" W
• Eltham (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the old railroad crossing over Cedar Creek, north of Pomona
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'10" N, 89°20'05" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 9
  • Elevation: 370
  • Civil township: Pomona
  • USGS Quad: Pomona (Not shown)
  • Post office: June 18, 1875 - Aug. 27, 1879
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Etherton (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Etherton Switch
  • Located along IL 127 south of Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'07" N, 89°19'16" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 400
  • Civil township: Pomona
  • USGS Quad: Pomona
  • Named for Thomas Etherton, postmaster
  • Post office: May 28, 1892 - Sept. 15, 1911; Mar. 1, 1912 - Dec. 31, 1923
• Finney (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 13 north of Grange Hall and Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'23" N, 89°19'19" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 2 W.
  • Civil township: Somerset
  • USGS Quad: Murphysboro (Not shown)
  • Named for Benjamin Finney, first postmaster
  • Post office: July 27, 1883 - Feb. 10, 1898
• Fountain Bluff Station (Historical)
  • Located southwest of Gorham
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'02" N, 89°29'53" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 366
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Gorham
  • Map: 1898
• Glenn (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 3 north of Raddle
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°48'13" N, 89°34'50" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 391
  • Civil township: Kinkaid
  • USGS Quad: Raddle
  • Named for the Glenn family, which settled in this area in 1809. Walter J. Glenn was the first postmaster.
  • Post office: Feb. 6, 1892 - Mar. 15, 1907
• Gorham (Village)
  • Population: 256 (Change since 1990: -11.7%)
  • Located just off IL 3 north of Grand Tower
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'06" N, 89°29'09" W
  • Post office: Sept. 5, 1889 - Sept. 12, 1903 (Leo Rock); Sept. 12, 1903 - Mar. 27, 1912 (Fordyce); Mar. 27, 1912 - Now (Gorham)
• Grand Tower (City)
  • Population: 624 (Change since 1990: -19.5%)
  • Located just west of IL 3 on the Mississippi River downstream from Wittenberg, MO
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'35" N, 89°29'52" W
  • Name origin: Tower Rock
  • Post office: Feb. 5, 1855 - Now
• Grange Hall (Historical)
  • Alternate name: Grangehall
  • Located along IL 13 north of Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°49'09" N, 89°19'20" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 15-16
  • Elevation: 402
  • Civil township: Somerset
  • USGS Quad: Murphysboro (Not shown)
  • Post office: June 13, 1894 - Apr. 21, 1899 (Grangehall)
  • Map: 1898
• Grimsby (Unincorporated)
  • Located on IL 144 northeast of Gorham
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'01" N, 89°26'57" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 361
  • Civil township: Sand Ridge
  • USGS Quad: Oraville (Also shown on Gorham quad)
• Grubbs (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°56'04" N, 89°21'49" W
  • Elevation: 388
  • Civil township: Vergennes
  • USGS Quad: Vergennes (Benchmark shown)
• Hallidayboro (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Muddy Valley
  • Located on US 51 south of Elkville
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°53'20" N, 89°14'13" W
  • Survey: T. 7 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 29
  • Elevation: 407
  • Civil township: Elk
  • USGS Quad: Elkville
  • Named for the Halliday family, owners of the local mine
  • Post office: June 26, 1889 - Aug. 15, 1894 (Muddy Valley); Aug. 15, 1894 - Nov. 15, 1925 (Hallidayboro)
• Hat Island (Historical)
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 28
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg (Shows the island)
  • Post office: Aug. 30, 1865 - May 11, 1869
• Howardton (Unincorporated)
  • Located east of Grand Tower
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'45" N, 89°27'52" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 20
  • Elevation: 359
  • Civil township: Grand Tower
  • USGS Quad: Gorham
  • Post office: June 5, 1905 - May 15, 1911
• Jacob (Unincorporated)
  • Located northwest of Gorham
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'42" N, 89°32'13" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 15
  • Elevation: 360
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
  • Post office: Sept. 17, 1904 - Now
• Johns Spur (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off IL 3 northeast of Grand Tower
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'25" N, 89°28'02" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 8
  • Elevation: 362
  • Civil township: Grand Tower
  • USGS Quad: Gorham
• Jones Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located just off IL 3 southeast of Cora
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°48'01" N, 89°37'31" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 369
  • Civil township: Degognia
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood
• Makanda (Village)
  • Population: 419 (Change since 1990: +3.7%)
  • Located south of Carbondale just outside Giant City State Park
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'03" N, 89°12'32" W
• Matthews Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°57'09" N, 89°22'26" W
  • Elevation: 394
  • USGS Quad: Vergennes
• Mount Carbon (Unincorporated)
  • Located just southeast of Murphysboro at junction IL 127 and Old IL 13
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'07" N, 89°19'16" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 10
  • Elevation: 490
  • Civil township: Murphysboro
  • USGS Quad: Murphysboro
• Mount Pleasant Station (Historical)
  • Located along south bank of Big Muddy River west of Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'45" N, 89°23'45" W
  • Civil township: Sand Ridge
  • USGS Quad: Oraville (Not shown)
  • Maps: 1876 atlas and 1898
• Murphysboro (City)
  • Population: 13,295 (Change since 1990: +44.9%)
  • Located near intersections of IL 13, IL 127, and IL 144 west of Carbondale
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°45'52" N, 89°20'06" W
  • Post office: Dec. 23, 1843 - Now
• Neunert (Unincorporated)
  • Located west of Gorham near the Mississippi River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'22" N, 89°32'44" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 357
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Altenburg
  • Named for Charles Neunert, first postmaster
  • Post office: Feb. 15, 1892 - Mar. 15, 1907
• Oraville (Unincorporated)
  • Located along IL 4 west of IL 13
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'54" N, 89°22'60" W
  • Survey: T. 7 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 395
  • Civil township: Ora
  • USGS Quad: Oraville
  • Maps: 1876 atlas (Gillsburgh), 1878 (Gillsburgh), and 1883 Tenney (Ora P.O. or Gillsburg)
• Pomona (Unincorporated)
  • Located just west of IL 127, northwest of Alto Pass
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'41" N, 89°20'12" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 28
  • Elevation: 410
  • Civil township: Pomona
  • USGS Quad: Pomona
  • Post office: May 24, 1875 - Now
  • Map: 1876 atlas
• Poplar Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located at a crossroads somewhere northwest of Pomona
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'01" N, 89°22'14" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 638
  • Civil township: Murphysboro
  • USGS Quad: Pomona
• Raddle (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Raddleville
  • Located at the railroad crossing with Raddle Road south of Glenn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'44" N, 89°35'12" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 4 W., Sec. 6
  • Elevation: 360
  • Civil township: Fountain Bluff
  • USGS Quad: Raddle
• Rattlesnake Ferry (Historical)
  • Located on Big Muddy River east of Howardton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'34" N, 89°25'51" W
  • Survey: T. 10 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 356
  • Civil township: Grand Tower
  • USGS Quad: Gorham
• Reeds Station (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Parsons
  • Located northeast of Carbondale near the Williamson County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°46'40" N, 89°09'39" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 409
  • Civil township: De Soto
  • USGS Quad: De Soto
  • Post office: Feb. 16, 1898 - Mar. 31, 1911 (Parsons)
• Sand Ridge (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Gorham and Murphysboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°44'24" N, 89°26'33" W
  • Survey: T. 9 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 368
  • Civil township: Sand Ridge
  • USGS Quad: Gorham
  • Post office: Apr. 9, 1872 - Sept. 8, 1874; Apr. 23, 1891 - Dec. 15, 1917
  • Maps: 1876 atlas and 1898
• Sato (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Gassville
  • Located northeast of Ava at the intersection of Beaucoup Road and Sato Road
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'32" N, 89°25'50" W
  • Survey: T. 7 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 16
  • Elevation: 469
  • Civil township: Ora
  • USGS Quad: Ava
  • Post office: Jan. 10, 1889 - Nov. 30, 1900
• Vergennes (Village)
  • Population: 491 (Change since 1990: +56.4%)
  • Located just off IL 3 north of Finney
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°54'08" N, 89°20'08" W
• Wagners Landing (Historical)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°47'44" N, 89°39'40" W
  • Civil township: Degognia
  • USGS Quad: Rockwood (Not shown)
  • Post office: June 14, 1888 - Mar. 15, 1907
• Ward (Unincorporated)
  • Located along US 51 north of De Soto
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°51'00" N, 89°14'07" W
  • Survey: T. 8 S., R. 1 W., Sec. 5
  • Elevation: 395
  • Civil township: De Soto
  • USGS Quad: De Soto
• West Point (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Shiloh Hill and Degognia near the Randolph County line
  • Survey: T. 7 S., R. 5 W., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 599
  • USGS Quad: Willisville (Shows West Point Church)
• Worthington (Historical)
  • Civil township: Levan
  • Post office: Feb. 20, 1852 - July 21, 1870

History

Name origin

Named after Andrew Jackson, hero from the War of 1812 and later seventh US President

Demographics