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Jackson County

county in North Carolina, United States
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Summary

Jackson County is a county of North Carolina[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of county of north carolina entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Sylva[5]
  • Shares border with: Haywood County[6], Transylvania County[7], Oconee County[8], Rabun County[9], Macon County[10], Swain County[11]
  • Named after: Andrew Jackson[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Sylva[13]
  • Commons category: Jackson County, North Carolina[14]
  • Inception: 1851[15]
  • Coordinate location: 35.29, -83.14[16]
  • Official website: http://www.jacksonnc.org[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jackson County, North Carolina[18]
  • Population: 40,271[19], 40,351[20], 40,182[21], 40,500[22], 40,919[23], 41,265[24], 43,109[25]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, North Carolina[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jackson County, North Carolina[27]
  • Number of households: 17,008[28]
  • Native label: Jackson County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109627[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jackson County, North Carolina[31]
  • Different from: Jackson[32]
  • Area: 1281[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.8[34]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Jackson County, North Carolina[36]
  • Per capita income: 25,738[37]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, North Carolina.tab[38]

Why It Matters

Jackson County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Andrew Jackson Govdirectory North Carolina United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1277977437
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Nor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, North Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3816461
    Obo gazetteer id → 00150766
    Taxonomicon id → 1806876
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, North Carolina
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Jackson County, North Carolina
    Shares border with → Haywood County, Transylvania County, Oconee County +3
    Located in → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109627, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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