Jack County
Jack County, Texas
Jack County, Texas
Jack County, in north central Texas, is bordered by Clay, Archer, and Montague counties to the north, Young County to the west, Palo Pinto and Parker counties to the south, and Wise County to the east. Jacksboro, the county seat and the largest town in the county, is sixty miles southeast of Wichita Falls and seventy miles northwest of Fort Worth. The county's center is at 98°10' west longitude and 33°12' north latitude. Other communities in the county include Bryson, Jermyn, Perrin, Antelope, Wizard Wells, Post Oak, Bartons Chapel, Cundiff, Gibtown, Joplin, Newport (also in Clay County), Truce, and Vineyard. Jack County is situated in the North Central Prairies region. The land is undulating to hilly, with light-colored, loamy soils over very deep reddish clayey subsoils, shale, and sandstone. The county's 920 square miles is forested mainly by mesquite, live oak, blackjack oak, and post oak, with pecan, elm, walnut, and cottonwood trees along the waterways. The altitude increases from east to west and ranges from 800 feet to 1,350 feet. The West Fork of the Trinity River cuts across Jack County diagonally from northwest to southeast and provides the main drainage for the county. Among other creeks are East Rock, Howard, Lost, Crooked, the North Fork of Crooked, Little Cleveland, the West Fork of Keechi, Two Bush, and Henderson. Lake Bridgeport and Lake Jacksboro are in the county. Mineral resources include petroleum, natural gas, and stone. The climate is subtropical-subhumid, generally mild and dry. Temperatures in January range from an average low of 31° F to an average high of 57° and in July from 73° to 97°. The average rainfall is about thirty inches a year, and the growing season extends for 218 days.
Before White settlement Jack County was a borderland between the Caddo Indians to the east and the Comanches to the west. The first Europeans to visit the area may have been Spaniards under Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in the sixteenth century, but they made no permanent settlements. Jack County was included in the Texan Emigration and Land Company, more commonly known as the Peters colony. Settlers began arriving in the future county by 1855, and by 1856 the first settlement, Keechi, was established. Early settlers entering Jack County came mainly from the middle South states, primarily Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky, many by way of Smith County or other parts of Texas.
Robert Wayne McDaniel | © TSHA
Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.
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Currently Exists
Yes
Place type
Jack County is classified as a County
Altitude Range
836 ft – 1510 ft
Size
Land area does not include water surface area, whereas total area does
- Land Area: 910.7 mi²
- Total Area: 920.1 mi²
Temperature
January mean minimum:
29.7°F
July mean maximum:
94.4°F
Rainfall, 2019
32.9 inches
Population Count, 2019
8,935
Civilian Labor Count, 2019
3,234
Unemployment, 2019
8.2%
Property Values, 2019
$2,393,031,650 USD
Per-Capita Income, 2019
$44,061 USD
Retail Sales, 2019
$43,839,350 USD
Wages, 2019
$34,737,041 USD
County Map of Texas
Jack County
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Places of Jack County
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Photos Nearby:
Jacksboro County, Texas
Business district in downtown Jacksboro, the seat of Jack County, Texas. Photograph by Renelibrary.
Bryson, Jack County, Texas
The Henry Bryson Log Cabin in in the City Bryson, located in western Jack County, Texas. Photograph by JRStearns.
Driftwood on the shore of Lake Bridgeport
Photo by Steven Martin, Flickr, CC2
Children hiking near Possum Kingdom Lake
Photo by Loadmaster, CC by SA 3
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