Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.
—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
71historic places
—earliest paper
1812formed
143,252pop. 2020
45cemeteries
—CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 71 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Pascagoula, Ocean Springs, Gautier.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
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 1812 (1812-12-18) from MOBILE (Ala.
JACKSON created by Mississippi Territory from MOBILE (Ala.); included territory in present Mississippi and Alabama. This area was not fully controlled by the United States until 15 April 1813.
Jackson County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1820
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
1,682
1,965
4,122
7,607
16,513
19,208
20,601
31,401
55,522
118,015
131,420
143,252
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
45 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 45 of 45 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Antioch Cemetery
30.49247
-88.75607
Bethany Cemetery
30.69824
-88.51711
Bethel Cemetery
30.36665
-88.64578
Big Point Cemetery
30.58424
-88.49456
Byrd Cemetery
30.63088
-88.7666
Cain Cemetery
30.64939
-88.672
Carter Cemetery
30.53488
-88.6676
Carter Cemetery
30.70113
-88.75642
Caswell Springs Cemetery
30.6146
-88.56473
Coleman Cemetery
30.55422
-88.54179
Community of Christ Cemetery
30.49098
-88.55065
Davis Chapel Cemetery
30.58769
-88.54677
Davis Family Cemetery
None
None
Dees Cemetery
30.49956
-88.42216
Evergreen Cemetery
30.51676
-88.49908
Evergreen Memorial Gardens
30.43721
-88.54922
First Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
30.43656
-88.54986
Good Hope Cemetery
30.55666
-88.76631
Graham Cemetery
30.61568
-88.64813
Griffin Cemetery
30.418
-88.5663
Hudson Cemetery
30.5313
-88.54668
Jackson County Memorial Park
30.35641
-88.5148
Jeff White Cemetery
30.64967
-88.71523
Kivisto Cemetery
30.45162
-88.44335
Krebs Cemetery
30.38034
-88.55733
Ladner Cemetery
30.5938
-88.74002
Martin Bluff Cemetery
30.4566
-88.62399
Oak Grove Cemetery
30.67486
-88.57331
Orange Grove Cemetery
30.41469
-88.46007
Pine Grove Cemetery
30.72956
-88.73942
Pinecrest Cemetery
30.38271
-88.61727
Ramsey Cemetery
30.70866
-88.87209
Saint Paul Cemetery
30.41107
-88.54698
Serene Memorial Gardens
30.52712
-88.53173
Seymour Cemetery
30.51852
-88.83718
Steede Cemetery
30.71045
-88.59468
Tanners Cemetery
30.71431
-88.44944
Taylor Cemetery
30.41797
-88.62696
Three Rivers Cemetery
30.59008
-88.56442
Vancleave Cemetery 1
30.53021
-88.69442
W R Clark Cemetery
30.53092
-88.40819
Wilkerson Cemetery
30.62071
-88.84557
Wilson Cemetery
30.68533
-88.80796
Wolf Ridge Cemetery
30.53435
-88.52709
Zion Cemetery
30.43625
-88.53271
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
Name
Lat
Lon
Fort Bayou
30.44742
-88.71808
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Historical markers
HMdb link
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