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  Jackson County, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jackson County is a county located in the state of Mississippi.
In the county the population is spread out with 27.70% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 10.30% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $39,118, and the median income for a family is $45,091.
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 Encyclopedia: Jackson, Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jackson is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat.
Jackson was originally planned out in April 1822 by Peter Van Dorn in a "checkerboard" pattern advocated by Thomas Jefferson, in which city blocks alternated with parks and other open spaces, giving the appearance of a checkerboard.
Jackson is located on the Pearl River, and is served by the Ross Barnett Reservoir, which forms a section of the Pearl River and is located northeast of Jackson on the border between Madison and Rankin counties.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jackson,-Mississippi   (1100 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Jackson (Mississippi)
Jackson is a telecommunications, government, commercial, manufacturing, and distribution center; products include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal products.
The city is the site of Jackson State University (1877), Belhaven College (1883), Millsaps College (1890), and the Medical Center (established in 1955) of the University of Mississippi.
In 1821 it became the state capital and was named in honor of Andrew Jackson, then a military hero for his campaigns in the South against the British and Native Americans and later the nation’s seventh president.
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 ipedia.com: Jackson, Mississippi Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jackson is the capital and largest city of Mississippi, a state of the United States of America.
Jackson is one of the county seats of Hinds County ;...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Eudora Welty was born in Jackson in 1909 and lived most of her life in the Belhaven section of the city.
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 Pascagoula, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pascagoula is a city located in Jackson County, Mississippi.
Pascagoula is the industrial heart of Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast as a whole.
Although the city's population seemed to peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s as Cold War defense spending was at its height, Pascagoula has recently experienced new growth and development.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pascagoula,_Mississippi   (990 words)

  
 FIFTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was married to Carmelious "Camille" Seymour (son of Calvin Seymour and Elizabeth Mulholland) on 2 Jun 1906 in Harrison County, Mississippi.
Harold Camille Seymour was born on 11 Sep 1914 in Latimer, Jackson County, Mississippi.
Donald Wallace Seymour was born on 19 Dec 1927 in Latimer, Jackson County, Mississippi.
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 StreetNamesOfOld
Although the first commercial hydrocarbon deposit in Mississippi, was first discovered in the Black Warrior Basin of northeastern Mississippi, at the Amory Gas Field in Monroe County in 1926, oil and gas explorers had been searching at Jackson County as early as 1911.
Mississippi became a serious target for oil exploration after the large Tinsley Field at Yazoo County was discovered by Union Producing Company in August 1939.
Of the approximate forty wildcat tests drilled in Jackson County, forty per cent were dug before 1940, a period in which the more sophisticated exploration tools, seismography and wire line electric logs, were not available or were in their very early phases of technology.
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 Live and Work in Jackson County, MS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jackson County is full of movers and shakers, so move in and shake with the best.
Jackson County greatly appreciates the value of senior citizens who choose to live in our communities and strives to provide them with residential facilities and services that make their "golden years" pleasant and relaxing.
Jackson County dedicates great resources to its children in order to guarantee that they receive a quality education and the chance to achieve their full potential.
www.jcchamber.com /liveandwork.html   (538 words)

  
 Southern Business and Development
Jackson County boasts a strategic location on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
In addition to receiving backing at the local level, businesses in Jackson County are avidly supported at the state level as well.
Further, Jackson County is also home to many charming communities, rich in culture and history.
www.sb-d.com /issues/summer2004/advertisers/jacksoncounty.asp   (546 words)

  
 County rejects new state computer touch-screen voting system
County supervisors voted 3-2 Monday to keep the county's ballot scanning system that was bought last year and to supplement it with a system called "Automark" for handicapped voters to comply with the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Counties have been given until Friday to decide whether to participate in the statewide program, or use their own HAVA-approved system.
Acting on the recommendation of the county's election commissioners, the supervisors decided to keep the current ballot scanning system and add the Automark System, which uses a computer touch screen, but prints a marked ballot that is run through a scanner to record the votes.
www.gulflive.com /news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1124187332246020.xml   (594 words)

  
 Population Of Jackson Mississippi - Mississippi Center
Jackson, Mississippi MS, community profile, with detailed info on demographics, cemeteries, … Jackson population, race and ethnicity Housing in Jackson
The Jackson metropolitan … 2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, where she lived most of her life.
Missing imageMSMap-doton-Jackson.png Location of Jackson in Mississippi Jackson is the … As of the 2000 census, its population is 184256.
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 EPA: Pesticides - Pesticide Use Limitations for Jackson County, Mississippi
The Mississippi sandhill crane is a large wading bird with a wingspread up to 7 feet wide.
Mississippi sandhill cranes nest in open savannas, swamp edges, young pine plantations, and along the edges of pine forests with shallow wetlands.
The 1989 population estimate was about 60 birds in an area confined to southern Jackson County, Mississippi, extending from the Pascagoula River west to the Jackson County line.
www.epa.gov /oppfead1/endanger/mississi/jacks.htm   (420 words)

  
 Coldwell Banker Smith Homes, Inc. - Best Homes in Jackson County, Mississippi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Jackson County is 736 square miles, and is the eastern-most coastal county, bordered by Alabama to the east, Harrison County, MS to the west, and George County to the North.
Jackson County had four incorporated cities, a port and is home to the state's largest employer, Litton Industries, owner of Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Jackson County was discovered in 1699 by French explorer Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville and was named for President Andrew Jackson.
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 Jackson County, Mississippi Genealogical Records Information
Though not yet well-known nationally in 1812, Jackson already was highly regarded by the people of Mississippi Territory, who thought of him as one of their own.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), a native of South Carolina, was an early settler in the western district of North Carolina and became Tennessee's first Congressman in 1796, a United States Senator from Tennessee in 1797, and a judge of the superior court of Tennessee in 1798.
He commanded troops in Mississippi Territory during the Creek Wars of 1813-1814, attaining much fame at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend; was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans; was the hero of the Seminole Wars and the provisional Governor of Florida in 1821; and was the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837).
www.mymississippigenealogy.com /ms_county/jac.htm   (489 words)

  
 Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson State University The University of Mississippi Medical Center Millsaps College Jackson Public Schools
During the 1960s and early 1970s, the city was the scene of racial unrest; subsequent decades have seen improvement in the state of race relations.
Jackson covers a land area of 281.0 sq km (108.5 sq mi), with a mean elevation of 86 m (283 ft).
www.thecityofjackson.com   (419 words)

  
 FOURTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Orlina Emmaline Ramsey was born on 29 Jul 1847 in Jackson County, Mississippi.
She was buried in Bosarge Cemetery, Jackson County, Mississippi.
Florian E. Caldwell was born in Oct 1879 in Mississippi.
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 Opinion Docket: 97-0098, Stephen Edds, Date: 970228, Subject: Bonds
You also recite the statutory authority for issuance of revenue bonds for the Jackson County Port, but state that no such revenue bonds are now outstanding.
You are correct in stating that the Port Act (Sections 59-9-1, et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972), does not appear to specifically designate the County or the Port Authority as the custodian of the various funds created in connection with the issuance of bonds under the Port Act.
The proceeds of any bonds issued by a county shall be placed in the county treasury or depository, if there be one, as a special fund, and shall be used for no other purpose than that for which such bonds were authorized to be issued.
www.mslawyer.com /ag/ag/1997/12033.htm   (596 words)

  
 Compiled Records of Jackson County Mississippi
He was a Justice of the Quorum Court in 1812, and voted in the election of 1813 in Jackson County.
JAMES WARE was undoubtedly one of the earliest settlers of Jackson County.
Thomas Bilbo was a man of note in the county, and was in the Legislature when the lines of Jackson County were established.
www.rootsweb.com /~jecain/ware080.htm   (5711 words)

  
 Goff-Carter-Waltman Cemetery - Jackson County, Mississippi
It was given this name by Mississippi Department of Archives and History on Apr 30, 1999.
The following data was copied from the bible of Miss Maude Goff, d/o Molly Carter and Edmond A. Goff by Alice Johnson Sumerlin, Sep 05, 1970 for the Jackson County Genealogical Society's cemetery book, Requiem: Vol II.
Mississippi Dept of Archives History, P.O. Box 571, Jackson MS.
www.interment.net /data/us/ms/jackson/goff_carter/waltman.htm   (525 words)

  
 Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database for Jackson County, Mississippi
Counties and County Equivalents of the States of the United States and the District of Columbia (FIPS Pub 6-3)
Jackson County, Mississippi, had a previously published soil survey, 1964, mapped at 1:15,840 and compiled at a scale of 1:20000.
Classification and Correlation of the Soils of Jackson County, Mississippi
www.maris.state.ms.us /metadata/Soils/jackson.htm   (2939 words)

  
 Mississippi, Jackson County Queries
Some counties have published County History Books, and I was wondering if Jackson County has one.
Dodge was at the paper mill, and he and Susie were prominent people in Jackson, County, (Moss Point/Pascagoula/Kreole) until he left to go on the road (with the mill), probably about 1935-40.
It is said he was disowned by his family for serving with both the Confedeate and the Union in the Civil War.
www.msgen.net /co/jackson/que   (773 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Jackson County, Miss.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
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 Jackson County Real Estate, REALTORS, Jackson Real Estate Agents, Homes For Sale, Home Values
Estimate the value of your home or other Jackson County homes in seconds, or get a professional estimate.
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www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/MS/jackson_county.html   (334 words)

  
 Jackson County Homes for Sale. Real Estate in Jackson County, Mississippi
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Then contact any of the Mississippi Real Estate Agents for professional assistance finding your Mississippi area home.
Click on the Jackson cities that you are interested in or search all Real Estate in Jackson County:
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 HURRICANE IVAN
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency officials said a mandatory evacuation of residents and businesses south of Interstate 10 in the three coastal counties of Jackson, Hancock and Harrison was to take effect at 4 p.m.
Linda Rouse, director of Harrison County Civil Defense, said no evacuation order had been issued as of late Monday, but she said officials were suggesting residents leave the coast.
Salvation Army personnel from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana were placed on readiness alert Monday, gearing up to deploy wherever Hurricane Ivan makes landfall.
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
And with the Salisbury sister-city program and adoption of Pascagoula, Mississippi and Jackson County, those churches will have a focus for who to help and what to do.
The plan by Salisbury city leaders is to help the city of Pascagoula, Mississippi, an area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, on a city-to-city basis.
According to the Salisbury Post, the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce is contributing $5,000 to the City of Salisbury Disaster Relief Fund in support of Pascagoula and Jackson County.
www.1490wstp.com /katrinia.htm   (740 words)

  
 Mississippi
North West Mississippi Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension and Enumeration Records of the Civil War.
Panola County, Mississippi Confederate Soldiers and Widows of the Civil War.
Tate County, Mississippi Confederate Soldiers Pension Records With Their Census Genealogy Records.
www.gbmuseum.tn.org /Books/States/MS.HTM   (239 words)

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