Jacksonville, Texas For metros/cities with a similar name, see Jacksonville .
Jacksonville, Texas Capital One Bank in Jacksonville is positioned near the intersection of Highways 69 and 79.
Capital One Bank in Jacksonville is positioned near the intersection of Highways 69 and 79.
Location of Jacksonville, Texas Location of Jacksonville, Texas Jacksonville is a town/city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States.
It is the principal town/city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County, and part of the larger Tyler Jacksonville combined statistical area.
Jacksonville is positioned in an region of rolling hills in East Texas, north of the county seat, Rusk, and south of Tyler, in neighboring Smith County, on U.S.
Route 79 at the former Landmark Hotel/Restaurant and the Capital One Bank building in downtown Jacksonville.
The impressive red iron ore modern Tomato Bowl, assembled by Works Progress Administration workers amid the Great Depression, is home to the Jacksonville High School "Fightin' Indians" football and soccer teams.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 29.2% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Jacksonville began in 1847 as the town of Gum Creek.
The name of the postal service was changed from Gum Creek to Jacksonville in June 1850.
Jacksonville is positioned a 31 57 49 N 95 16 07 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.1 square miles (37 km2), of which 14.1 square miles (37 km2) is territory and 0.07% is water.
Jacksonville, Texas This building in downtown Jacksonville once homed the city's longtime postal service location.
Former bank building that previously homed Jacksonville's City Hall Austin Bank in Jacksonville Central Baptist Church is located, not downtown, but in easterly Jacksonville.
First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Jacksonville is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Robert Nichols, District 3, and in the Texas House of Representatives by Republican Travis Clardy, District 11.
Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz; Jacksonville is part of the Fifth Congressional District, represented by Republican Jeb Hensarling.
The Jacksonville Public Library has served the City of Jacksonville and Cherokee County for over 70 years.
The Library is a member of the Texas Library Association, the Northeast Texas Library System and the Forest Trails Library Consortium.
The Vanishing Texana Museum is positioned at 302 Bolton Street in Jacksonville and is open from 1:00 - 5:00 on Saturdays.
The City of Jacksonville is served by the Jacksonville Independent School District.
Jacksonville High School (The school mascot is the "Fightin' Indians").
After the closure of Lon Morris College in 2012, Jacksonville College is the only private college remaining in Jacksonville.
Jacksonville is also home to the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary.
Many highways pass through and intersect in Jacksonville: US 69, US 79, US 175, TX 135, TX 204, FM 347, FM 768, FM 2138, and Loop 456.
Where 3 barns s once served the Jacksonville region (Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt abandoned their tracks in the mid-1980s), only 1, Union Pacific, remains.
Many shipping and trucking firms can serve region customers, or pass through town to a several important points directly from Jacksonville, including, Beaumont, Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Kansas City, Shreveport, and Memphis.
Lake Jacksonville is positioned three miles (5 km) southwest of Jacksonville.
Location: 3 miles southwest of Jacksonville off US 79 Even with never having organized unions in any Walmart stores before, meatcutters working at the Jacksonville Walmart voted in favor of organizing under the wing of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in February 2000.
Even now, there is no one in the Jacksonville meat department to make special cuts of meat or any union existence there. Jacksonville is the hometown of singer/songwriter Bruce Channel and nation music singers Al Dexter, Lee Ann Womack, and Neal Mc - Coy.
NFL running back Paul Gipson was born in Jacksonville.
ESPN Sports commentator Craig James was born in Jacksonville.
Maple (1932 2006), a former journalist, was from 1977 1980 the president of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and after that the assistant superintendent of the Texas State Railroad Grady Nutt (1934 1982) was a Christian minister and humorist who resided in Jacksonville for a several years.
Many of his stories are based on citizens and places in the Jacksonville area.
Eunice Sanborn, who from November 4, 2010, to January 31, 2011, was the earliest living supercentenarian in the world, resided in Jacksonville.
Stamps Publishing Company in Jacksonville in 1924, and ran the Jacksonville office of the Stamps-Baxter Music Company from its beginning in 1927 until the offices moved to Dallas in 1929.
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