Jackson

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Jackson

Total population

777

Median home value

$0

20.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$49,048

Jackson$49k

National$74k

Founded

1741

Elevation31 m

Land area2.62 km²

Weather90°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates36.39°, -77.42°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Jackson is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Jackson had a population of 430. It is the county seat of Northampton County.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Jackson, NC from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in North Carolina

• Lasker
  6.9 mi away
• South Weldon
  10.3 mi away · pop. 500
• Milwaukee
  10.5 mi away · pop. 139
• Weldon
  11 mi away · pop. 1,642
• Woodland
  12.1 mi away
• Gaston
  14.6 mi away
• South Rosemary
  16.9 mi away · pop. 2,475
• Scotland Neck
  17.9 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Murfreesboro
  18.2 mi away
• Enfield
  20.1 mi away · pop. 2,153
• Lewiston Woodville
  23.2 mi away
• Littleton
  27.5 mi away

Browse all places in North Carolina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jackson

North Carolina Murder and Mayhem

Rick Jackson · 2010

Early North Carolina

Ronald Vern Jackson · 1980

The Experience Of A Slave In South Carolina

John Andrew Jackson · 1862

Jackson County heritage, North Carolina

2000

Andrew Jackson and North Carolina politics

William S. Hoffmann · 1958

The descendents of Moses Walker of Orange County, North Carolina

Jackson, Bill · 1990

One line of descent from Gabriel Jackson of Polk County, North Carolina

Judith M. Sherman Brown · 1987

North Carolina Medical Journal [serial]; V. 16(1885)

Jackson & Bell · 2021

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red-spotted Admiral

Limenitis arthemis

Seen 2026-09-12

Blue Dasher

Pachydiplax longipennis

Seen 2026-08-03

Blackwater Clubtail

Gomphurus dilatatus

Seen 2026-06-21

yellow passionflower

Passiflora lutea

Seen 2026-05-19

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-05-19

pink lady's slipper

Cypripedium acaule

Seen 2026-05-11

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-05-11

Carolina desert-chicory

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Seen 2026-05-11

black oak

Quercus velutina

Seen 2026-05-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).