🇺🇸 Jackson County, Illinois

United States · Americas · 37.79°N, 89.38°W

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois with a population of 52,974 at the 2020 census, the county is located 98 miles southeast of St. Louis. Its county seat is Murphysboro, and its most populous city is Carbondale, home to the main campus of Southern Illinois University. The county was incorporated on January 10, 1816, and named for Andrew Jackson. The community of Brownsville served as the fledgling county's first seat. Jackson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as "Little Egypt".

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	37.79°N, 89.38°W · view on map

Jackson County, Illinois is located in United States, in Americas.

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