Jackson County, West Virginia          Early History of Jackson County

    The Early History of Jackson County was submitted by Sandy Spradling,
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Jackson County

Named in honor of the seventh President of the United States, was formed in
1831 from Kanawha, Mason and Wood.  Its length is about thirty-three miles,
by twenty in breadth.  It is strictly speaking, a grazing county, though
some part of it are well adapted to agricultural pursuits. The Ohio river
hounds it on the west, and Mill creek runs across it as its principal inland
stream.  Its population in 1840 was 3,779, and in 1870, 10,300.

History of Kanawha County, George W. Atkinson, 1876, p. 25