City of Jackson Historic downtown Jackson Historic downtown Jackson Amador County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Jackson Highlighted.svg City of Jackson is positioned in the US City of Jackson - City of Jackson County Seat, Amador County 1854 Jackson (formerly, Botilleas, Botilleas Spring, Bottileas, Bottle Spring, and Botellas) is the governmental center of county of Amador County, California.
The town/city is accessible by both State Route 49 and State Route 88.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km2), all of it land.
Jackson Creek traverses the city.
Jackson, titled after Colonel Alden Jackson, was established in 1848 around a year-round spring.
The settlement was titled for a small-town lawyer who was liked by miners titled Alden Appola Moore Jackson.
Although Amador County was an meaningful mining center, its County seat of Jackson was not typical of the early gold camps.
In 1853, Jackson became the governmental center of county of newly formed Amador County, California.
Previously, from 1851 1852, it had been the governmental center of county of Calaveras County.
Jackson may therefore be the only town/city to have ever been governmental center of county of two different counties at different times. Argonaut and Kennedy Mines: California Historical Landmark No.
Jackson Gate: Jackson Gate, on the north fork of Jackson Creek, takes its name from a fissure in a reef of modern that crosses the creek.
Site of Jackson's Pioneer Jewish Synagogue: On September 18, 1857, Congregation B'nai Israel of Jackson dedicated on this site the first Jewish house of worship in the Mother Lode.
Jackson has a several buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places; a several are noted below.
The City of Jackson in California is the center of trade and trade in Amador County.
Jackson Rancheria - casino and hotel, run by the Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Jackson had a populace of 4,651.
The ethnic makeup of Jackson was 4,090 (87.9%) White, 32 (0.7%) African American, 94 (2.0%) Native American, 60 (1.3%) Asian, 4 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 185 (4.0%) from other competitions, and 186 (4.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 4,423 citizens (95.1% of the population) lived in homeholds, 12 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 216 (4.6%) were institutionalized.
There were 2,065 homeholds, out of which 537 (26.0%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 822 (39.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 294 (14.2%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 98 (4.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 945 citizens (20.3%) under the age of 18, 306 citizens (6.6%) aged 18 to 24, 1,030 citizens (22.1%) aged 25 to 44, 1,197 citizens (25.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,173 citizens (25.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.
2,305 citizens (49.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,118 citizens (45.5%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 1,746 homeholds out of which 24.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 28.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.1% of families and 8.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.
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"Jackson Gate".
Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
"Site of Jackson's Pioneer Jewish Synagogue".
Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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Michael Hogan, Gary Deghi et al., Scottsville Project Environmental Impact Report, Jackson California, Earth Metrics Inc., Report 7562, Sept., 1989 Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jackson, California Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jackson, California.
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