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Jackson County, Iowa

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76historic places

—earliest paper

1837formed

19,485pop. 2020

152cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 76 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Maquoketa, Bellevue, Andrew.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

68 of 76 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

76 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Anderson, D. H., Building	Maquoketa	Building	1986
Anderson, D. H., House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Bassnett-Nickerson House	Maquoketa	Building	1992
Bellevue Commercial Historic District	Bellevue	District	2022
Bellevue Herald Building	Bellevue	Building	1991
Big Mill Homestead	Bellevue	Building	1991
Building at 101 North Riverview Street	Belleview	Building	1991
Building at 126 South Riverview Street	Bellevue	Building	1991
Building at 130-132 North Riverview Street	Bellevue	Building	1991
Building at 306 South Second Street	Bellevue	Building	1991
Butterworth, Nathaniel, House	Andrew	Building	1992
Canton School	Canton	Building	1979
Central School	Canton	Building	1992
Cooper, George, House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Cundill Block	Maquoketa	Building	1991
DeFries House, Barn and Carpenter Shop	Andrew	Building	1992
Decker House Hotel	Maquoketa	Building	1978
Dominy, John S., House	Sabula	Building	1992
Dyas Hexagonal Barn	Bellevue	Building	1986
Dyas, George, House	Bellevue	Building	1991
Dyas, William, Barn	Bellevue	Building	1991
First National Bank	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Fritz Chapel	Bellevue	Structure	1991
Gehlen House and Barn	St. Donatus	Building	1979
Godard, Milton, House	Maquoketa	Building	1992
Harris Wagon and Carriage Shop	LaMotte	Building	1992
Hotel Hurst	Maquoketa	Building	1989
Hotel Hurst Garage	Maquoketa	Building	1989
House at 111 E. Maple Street	Maquoketa	Building	1991
House at 505 Court Street	Bellevue	Building	1991
Hurst, A. A., House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Hurstville Historic District	Maquoketa	District	1979
IOOF Building	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Insane Asylum at the County Poor Farm	Andrew	Building	1992
Jackson County Courthouse	Bellevue	Building	1981
Jackson County Jail	Andrew	Building	1978
Johnson, Mrs. Lydia, House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Kegler Gonner Store and Post Office	Springbrook	Building	1985
Kucheman Building	Bellevue	Building	1991
Lake, John, House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District	Bellavue	District	2004
Lubben, Henry, House, Smokehouse and Springhouse	Baldwin	Building	1992
Lyon Block	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Maquoketa Caves State Park Historic District	Maquoketa	District	1991
Maquoketa Commercial Historic District	Maquoketa	District	2022
Maquoketa Company-Clinton Machine Company Administration Building	Maquoketa	Building	2006
Maquoketa Free Public Library	Maquoketa	Building	1989
Martin, Dr. G. S., House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Merrero Building	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Mill Rock School	Baldwin	Building	1992
Mitchell-Maskrey Mill	Maquoketa	Building	1991
New Era Building	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Niemann, Theodore, House and Spring House	Bellevue	Building	1991
Organ, Alexander, House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Paradise Farm	Bellevue	Building	1977
Perham House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Polygonal Barn, Van Buren Township	Van Buren	Building	1986
Potter's, E. G., Jasper Flour Mill	Bellevue	Building	1984
Robb House and Spring House	Bellevue	Building	1991
Roling, Henry, House	Bellevue	Building	1991
Sanborn, C. M., Building	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Savanna-Sabula Bridge	Sabula	Structure	1999
Sieben, Mrs. Margaret, House	Baldwin	Building	1992
Slye, Thomas, House	Andrew	Building	1992
Spring Side	Bellevue	Building	1990
Squiers, J. E., House	Maquoketa	Building	1995
St. Lawrence Catholic Church	Otter Creek	Building	1992
St. Patrick's Church-Garryowen	Garryowen	Building	1992
Swigert, W. B., House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Taubman, Henry, House	Maquoketa	Building	1991
Upper Paradise	Bellevue	Building	1991
Village of St. Donatus Historic District	St. Donatus	District	1989
West Pleasant Street Historic District	Maquoketa	District	1991
Williams, Seneca, Mill	Maquoketa	Building	1976
Wilson, Anson, House	Maquoketa	Building	1977
Wood, Jeremiah, House	Sabula	Building	1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jackson was formed in 1837 (1837-12-21) from Dubuque.

JACKSON created by Wisconsin Territory from DUBUQUE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jackson County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,411	18,493	23,771	23,615	19,931	19,181	18,622	20,754	22,503	20,296	19,485

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

152 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 152 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Andrew Cemetery	None	None
Andrew Cemetery	42.15129	-90.58982
Baden Cemetery	42.09724	-90.59736
Baldwin Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Beedle Farm Cemetery	42.1739	-90.68124
Beedle Farm Cemetery	42.18335	-90.7168
Bellevue Catholic Cemetery	None	None
Bellevue City Cemetery	42.28087	-90.435
Bickford Farm Cemetery	None	None
Bolte Farm Cemetery	None	None
Brady Cemetery	None	None
Bridgeport Cemetery	None	None
Bridgeport Cemetery	42.09052	-90.62664
Buckeye Cemetery	42.0914	-90.3442
Buckhorn Waterford Cemetery	42.06115	-90.75213
Canada Hollow Cemetery	42.05514	-90.21935
Codfish Cemetery	42.07276	-90.57943
Cottonville Cemetery	42.23631	-90.60456
Country Poor Farm Cemetery	42.20029	-90.60846
Crabb Cemetery	42.17501	-90.80236
Dark Hollow Cemetery	42.12451	-90.55512
Dark Hollow Cemetery	42.12446	-90.55513
Daugherty Farm Cemetery	None	None
Daugherty Farm Cemetery	42.25825	-90.4588
Dickinson Cemetery	42.10785	-90.23734
Dorr Cemetery	42.24841	-90.59772
Dutton Farm Cemetery	None	None
Dyas Cemetery	42.24252	-90.42624
East Hill Cemetery	None	None
East Hill Cemetery	42.29432	-90.61602
East Iron Hill Cemetery	42.14658	-90.75904
Ed Medinger Farm Cemetery	None	None
Edwards Farm Cemetery	None	None
Efferding Cemetery	42.34287	-90.47059
Engles Estate Cemetery	None	None
English Cemetery	42.14724	-90.86681
Esgate Cemetery	42.12937	-90.71502
Evergreen Cemetery	42.09705	-90.19195
Fairview Cemetery	42.09926	-90.28638
Farley Cemetery	42.05558	-90.38346
Federman Farm Cemetery	None	None
Federman Farms Cemetery	42.3425	-90.4704
Felderman Farm Cemetery	None	None
Ferman Farms Cemetery	None	None
First Presbyterian Cemetery	42.24236	-90.41346
Foley Farm Cemetery	None	None
Foley Farm Cemetery	42.05557	-90.85014
George Romanop Farm Cemetery	None	None
Godard Cemetery	42.03924	-90.73308
Green Cemetery	None	None
Griffin Estate Cemetery	None	None
Griffin Estate Cemetery	42.13335	-90.87236
Haylock Farm Cemetery	None	None
Haylock Farm Cemetery	42.04169	-90.53347
Hazen Cemetery	42.16424	-90.38095
Heim Farm Cemetery	42.13058	-90.4418
Herrig Cemetery	42.20418	-90.5168
Herrig Farm Cemetery	None	None
Hershberger Cemetery	42.07708	-90.84175
Hershberger Cemetery	42.08335	-90.85014
Hickory Grove Cemetery	42.1715	-90.85999
Holy Rosary Cemetery	42.29417	-90.6254
Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery	42.07714	-90.84222
Homan Farm Cemetery	42.14393	-90.44688
Homan Farm Cemetery	42.1439	-90.44679
Horst Farm Cemetery	None	None
Horst Farm Cemetery	42.10002	-90.28346
Huff Farm Cemetery	42.19974	-90.42791
Huff Farm Cemetery	None	None
Huff Farm Cemetery	42.20002	-90.42818
Huff Farm Cemetery	42.20009	-90.43911
Jackson County Cemetery	42.2004	-90.6086
Jessen Farm Cemetery	42.07585	-90.58846
Jessen Farm Cemetery	42.07612	-90.58874
Littlefield Farm Cemetery	None	None
M E Church Cemetery	None	None
Medegar Farm Cemetery	None	None
Medinger Farm Cemetery	None	None
Miles Cemetery	42.04863	-90.31001
Miles Cemetery	42.04863	-90.30985

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Ozark	42.15751	-90.87431
Rockaway	42.10308	-90.41235

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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