Jackson County, Alabama

Jackson County
County
Jackson County Courthouse in Scottsboro
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Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
Alabama's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 34°47′00″N 86°00′00″W / 34.783333333333°N 86°W / 34.783333333333; -86
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 13, 1819
Named for	Andrew Jackson
Seat	Scottsboro
Largest city	Scottsboro
Area
• Total	1,127 sq mi (2,920 km2)
• Land	1,078 sq mi (2,790 km2)
• Water	49 sq mi (130 km2)  4.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	52,579
• Estimate  (2023)	53,467
• Density	47/sq mi (18/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	www.jacksoncountyal.gov
County Number 39 on Alabama License Plates

Jackson County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,579.^[1] The county seat is Scottsboro.^[2] The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America.^[3] Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, but three cities within the county (Bridgeport, Scottsboro, and Stevenson) are "wet", allowing alcohol sales. Jackson County comprises the Scottsboro, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area, and Jackson county is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area. It is the site of Russell Cave National Monument, an archeological site with evidence of 8,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast.