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Jackson County, Oregon

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
156historic places
—earliest paper
1852formed
223,259pop. 2020
43cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 156 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Ashland, Medford, Central Point.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oregon is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jackson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

120 of 156 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

156 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Acorn Woman Peak Lookout (Additional Documentation)JacksonvilleBuilding2000
Ahlstrom, Nils, HouseAshlandBuilding1980
Anderson, Thomas N., HouseGold HillBuilding1990
Antelope Creek Covered BridgeEagle PointSite2012
Ashland CemeteryAshlandSite1995
Ashland Depot Hotel, South WingAshlandBuilding1991
Ashland Downtown Historic DistrictAshlandDistrict2000
Ashland Masonic Lodge BuildingAshlandBuilding1992
Ashland Municipal PowerhouseAshlandBuilding1987
Ashland Oregon National Guard ArmoryAshlandBuilding1987
Ashland Railroad Addition Historic DistrictAshlandDistrict1999
Atkinson, W. H., HouseAshlandBuilding1979
BPOE Lodge No. 1168MedfordBuilding1980
Baker, Sophenia Ish, HouseMedfordBuilding1993
Barclay-Klum HouseAshlandBuilding1990
Barnum HotelMedfordBuilding1984
Beach, Baldwin, HouseAshlandBuilding1979
Beall, Robert Vinton, HouseCentral PointBuilding1979
Beeson-Foss RanchTalentBuilding1999
Big Elk Guard StationAshlandBuilding2000
Boslough-Claycomb HouseAshlandBuilding1981
Bowne, Walter, HouseJacksonvilleBuilding1990
Britt Gardens Site 35JA789JacksonvilleSite2020
Buckhorn Mineral Springs ResortAshlandDistrict1989
Bursell, Victor and Bertha, HouseCentral PointBuilding1982
Butte Falls Ranger StationButte FallsBuilding1986
Bybee, Frank E., HouseJacksonvilleBuilding1981
Bybee, William, HouseMedfordBuilding1977
Camp White Station Hospital Administration BuildingWhite CityBuilding2016
Campbell, Richard Posey, HouseAshlandBuilding1980
Carpenter, A.S.V., and Helen Bundy HouseCentral PointBuilding2005
Carter, E. V., HouseAshlandBuilding1979
Carter, H. B., HouseAshlandBuilding1977
Carter-Fortmiller HouseAshlandBuilding1981
Central Point Public SchoolCentral PointBuilding1980
Chappell-Swedenburg HouseAshlandBuilding1982
Chavner Family HouseGold HillBuilding1996
Citizen's Banking & Trust Co. BuildingAshlandBuilding1985
Clark, Frank Chamberlain, HouseMedfordBuilding1982
Cooley-Neff WarehouseMedfordBuilding2007
Coolidge, Orlando, HouseAshlandBuilding1980
Corning Court EnsembleMedfordBuilding1991
Dead Indian Soda Springs ShelterEagle PointStructure2000
Driver, E. Raymond, HouseCentral PointBuilding1990
Dunn, Patrick, RanchAshlandBuilding1978
Dutchman Peak LookoutAshlandBuilding2000
Eagle Point National CemeteryEagle PointDistrict2016
Eddings-Provost HouseAshlandBuilding1980
Eden Valley OrchardMedfordBuilding2000
Egan, H. Chandler and Alice B., HouseMedfordBuilding1997
Enders BuildingAshlandBuilding1986
Faber, Edward Charles, HouseCentral PointBuilding1997
First Baptist ChurchAshlandBuilding1979
First National Bank, Vaupel Store and Oregon Hotel BuildingsAshlandBuilding1980
Fish Lake ShelterAshlandStructure2000
Fluhrer Bakery BuildingMedfordBuilding1983
Fort Lane Military Post SiteCentral PointSite1988
Fredenburg, Andrew J., HouseMedfordBuilding1982
Furry, Frederic E., HouseMedfordBuilding1980
Gates, C. E. "Pop", HouseMedfordBuilding1991
Glenview Orchard EnsemblePhoenixBuilding1986
Gold Hill High SchoolGold HillBuilding1991
Grainger, G. M. and Kate, HouseAshlandBuilding1990
Hafer, Edgar F., HouseMedfordBuilding1983
Hanley, Michael, FarmsteadMedfordDistrict1983
Hanscom HallTalentBuilding1996
Hargadine CemeteryAshlandSite1998
Hatch, Charles and Elizabeth, HouseRogue RiverBuilding2011
Hillcrest Orchard Historic DistrictMedfordDistrict1984
Holmes, Harry and Eleanor, HouseMedfordBuilding2021
Hover, George A., HouseMedfordBuilding1980
IOOF BuildingAshlandBuilding1978
Imnaha Guard StationButte FallsBuilding1986
Jackson County CourthouseMedfordBuilding1986
Jacksonville Historic District NHLJacksonvilleDistrict1966
Jacksonville-to-Fort Klamath Military Wagon RoadButte FallsSite1979
Kane, E. C., HouseAshlandBuilding1986
Lee-Janouch HouseMedfordBuilding2025
Liberty BuildingMedfordBuilding1978
Lithia ParkAshlandDistrict1982
Lithia Springs HotelAshlandBuilding1978
Lodgepole Guard StationButte FallsBuilding1991
Lost Creek BridgeLakecreekStructure1979
Lucas, Robert and Ruth, House and Mary E. Rose HouseAshlandBuilding1988
Madden-McCaskey HouseCentral PointBuilding1994
Malmgren GarageTalentBuilding2024
McCall, John, HouseAshlandBuilding1981
McCredie, William, HouseCentral PointBuilding1980
McKee BridgeRuchStructure1979
McKee Bridge CampgroundJacksonvilleSite2000
McManus, Patrick F., HousePhoenixBuilding1978
Medford Carnegie LibraryMedfordBuilding1981
Medford Central FirehallMedfordBuilding1996
Medford Downtown Historic DistrictMedfordDistrict1998
Medford Geneva-Minnesota Historic DistrictMedfordBuilding1994
Medford Grocery Company WarehouseMedfordBuilding2002
Medford IOOF CemeteryMedfordDistrict1989
Medford Plaza ApartmentsMedfordBuilding2004
Medford Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger DepotMedfordBuilding1996
Merritt, John W., House and StoreCentral PointBuilding1992
Mountain HouseAshlandBuilding2004
Mountain View CemeteryAshlandSite1995
Mt. Stella LookoutProspectBuilding2000
Nininger, Amos and Vera, HouseAshlandBuilding1982
Orth, John, HouseJacksonvilleBuilding1972
Parker Meadows ShelterButte FallsStructure2000
Parsons, Reginald, Dead Indian LodgeAshlandBuilding1997
Patton, Hamilton and Edith, HouseMedfordBuilding1993
Pedigrift, S. and Sarah J., HouseAshlandBuilding1992
Peerless Rooms BuildingAshlandBuilding1992
Peil, Emil and Alice Applegate, HouseAshlandBuilding1992
Pelton, John and Charlotte, HouseAshlandBuilding1993
Perozzi, Domingo, HouseAshlandBuilding1980
Pickel, Dr. E. B., Rental HouseMedfordBuilding1982
Pracht, Humboldt, HouseAshlandBuilding1981
Prospect HotelProspectBuilding1980
Putnam-Neff HouseMedfordBuilding2008
Reames, Alfred Evan, HouseMedfordBuilding1991
Reddy, Dr. John F. and Mary, HouseMedfordBuilding1987
Rich Gulch DiggingsJacksonvilleSite2000
Rock Point HotelGold HillBuilding1980
Rogue Elk HotelTrailBuilding1980
Root-Banks HouseMedfordBuilding1994
Roper, Fordyce, House-Southern Oregon HospitalAshlandBuilding1985
Schuler Apartment BuildingMedfordBuilding1991
Shone-Charley HouseMedfordBuilding1984
Silsby, Col. William H., HouseAshlandBuilding1985
Siskiyou-Hargandine Historic DistrictAshlandDistrict2002
Skidmore Academy Historic DistrictAshlandDistrict2001
Snowy Butte Flour MillEagle PointBuilding1976
South Oakdale Historic DistrictMedfordDistrict1979
Sparta BuildingMedfordBuilding1992
Star Ranger StationRuchBuilding1991
Star Ranger Station Building, OldJacksonvilleBuilding2000
Sweeney, Dr. Charles T. and Mary, HouseMedfordBuilding1992
Talent Elementary SchoolTalentBuilding2012
Taverner, George, HouseAshlandBuilding1978
Tayler-Phipps BuildingMedfordBuilding1990
Trinity Episcopal ChurchAshlandBuilding1984
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseMedfordBuilding1979
Union Creek Historic DistrictProspectDistrict1980
Van Hoevenberg, Henry, Jr., HouseGold HillBuilding1981
Wagner Creek SchoolTalentBuilding1992
Walker, John P., HouseAshlandBuilding1978
Washington Elementary SchoolMedfordBuilding2012
Welch, Mathias, HouseCentral PointBuilding1998
West Side Feed and Sale StableMedfordBuilding1981
Whaleback Snow-Survey CabinProspectBuilding2000
White John B., HouseRock PointBuilding1978
Whited, Harry L., HouseAshlandBuilding1998
Whittle Garage BuildingAshlandBuilding1997
Wilkinson-Swem BuildingMedfordBuilding1982
Willow Prairie CabinButte FallsBuilding2000
Women's Civic Improvement ClubhouseAshlandBuilding1989
Woolen, Isaac, HouseAshlandBuilding1979
Wrangle Gap ShelterAshlandStructure2000

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 1852 (1852-01-12) from unknown / original county.

JACKSON created by Oregon Territory from part of Non-County Area 4.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jackson County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

223k113k3,7361860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,7368,15413,69820,40536,21358,51073,962132,456181,269223,259

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

43 cemeteries and 14 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 43 of 43 listed
NameLatLon
Aiken Family Plot42.75536-122.45073
Antelope Cemetery42.44586-122.78164
Antioch Cemetery42.51765-122.9048
Ashland Cemetery42.19365-122.70503
Brownsboro Cemetery42.47321-122.71149
Butte Falls Cemetery42.55068-122.60392
Central Point IOOF Cemetery42.38651-122.89142
Dunkard Cemetery42.25027-122.79243
Eagle Point National Cemetery42.46512-122.78725
Eagle Point National Cemetery42.46388-122.78686
Eastwood IOOF Cemetery42.32318-122.85252
Foots Cemetery42.39063-123.13757
Gold Hill IOOF Cemetery42.43651-123.08448
Griffin Creek Cemetery42.27818-122.93586
Hargadine Cemetery42.20973-122.72727
Hays Cemetery42.42938-123.07797
Hays-Gall Cemetery42.4304-123.07894
Hill - Dunn Cemetery42.14471-122.62099
Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery42.29909-122.81271
Jacksonville Cemetery42.31752-122.97188
Johnson Cemetery42.61204-122.81259
Lake Creek Cemetery42.36652-122.55113
Log Town Cemetery42.25781-123.02628
Meadow Graves42.60679-122.94837
Memory Gardens Cemetery42.31076-122.93102
Meyers Cemetery42.23058-122.73769
Miller Cemetery42.46512-122.73169
Missouri Flat Cemetery42.29928-123.21976
Mountain View Cemetery42.18658-122.68174
Mountain View Cemetery42.18459-122.68255
Nichols Cemetery42.38179-122.86919
Nye Cemetery42.72091-122.56881
Pankey Park Cemetery42.49873-122.99337
Phoenix Cemetery42.27623-122.82086
Pinehurst Cemetery42.12624-122.37195
Reese Creek Cemetery42.53179-122.79836
Rock Point Cemetery42.43595-123.08642
Scenic Hills Cemetery42.19846-122.66918
Siskiyou Memorial Park42.31994-122.84752
Steamboat Cemetery42.07623-123.20837
Stearn Cemetery42.22505-122.79768
Sterling Cemetery42.21479-122.95089
Woodville Cemetery42.43438-123.16002
Historical populated places — 14 of 14
NameLatLon
Asbestos42.66651-122.93866
Barron42.12597-122.61142
Cameron42.19985-123.04421
Derby42.57902-122.69976
Draper42.3554-123.12061
Dudley42.62902-122.54003
Edsalla42.54568-122.63726
Etna42.59707-122.81921
Mountain View42.49401-122.79393
Perrydale42.32374-122.93976
Persist42.76651-122.60726
Spikenard42.60929-122.95283
Wellen42.42207-122.76087
Williams Creek42.27068-123.21366

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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