Welcome To Jackson County Oregon TTTP Genealogy and History

Don Kelly, district, state and county administrator

old courthouse old covered bridge gold creek old mine claim prebyterian church

old stage stop water wheel from old mining claim Adjacent counties Josephine Klamath Douglas Siskiyou CA Cities: Ashland Butte Falls Central Point Eagle Point Gold Hill Jacksonville Medford Phoenix Rogue River Shady Cove Talent Towns: Applegate Beagle Bitter Lick Brownsboro Buckhorn Springs Buncom Cascade Gorge Climax Colestin Dardanelles Foots Creek Four Corners Lake Creek Bybee Corner Lincoln McKee Bridge McLeod Mountain View Pinehurst Prospect Provolt Rock Point Rogue Elk Seven Oaks Starvation Heights Steamboat Ruch Sams Valley Table Rock Tolo Trail Union Creek White City Wimer Ghost Towns Copper Sterlingville

Brief History: Jackson County Oregon is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. There are 11 incorporated cities and 34 unincorporated communities in Jackson County; the largest is Medford, which has been the county seat since 1927 January 12, 1852 Jackson County was created from the southwestern portion of Lane County and the unorganized area south of Douglas and Umpqua Counties. It included lands now in Coos, Curry, Josephine, Klamath and Lake Counties. 1852 gold was discovered in the Rogue and Illinois River valleys near Jacksonville. Completion of the wagon road connecting Douglas County to California in 1852 started an influx of  non-native settlers. 1853 Indians went on the warpath against miners, which escalated into attacks on settlers. This continued until defeat of the last band under chiefs John and George by a combined force of regular army units and militia May 29, 1856 at Big Bend on the Illinois River. MORE:.... Indian Wars of Southern Oregon Modoc, Shasta, Takelma, Latgawa, and Umpqua Indian tribes are all native to the region of present Jackson County. In the early 1850s, both the Klickitats from the north and the Deschutes from the south raided and settled the area. MORE... http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ortttp/Oregon-Counties/Douglas/douglasindex.htm 1856 as Native Americans surrendered, they were placed in existing reservations, beginning in January when one group was marched to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation west of Salem. By May, 1857 almost all of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawas tribes had been relocated to the Siletz Reservation, where they remained. Jacksonville was the first county seat in 1853, but Jacksonville lost residents as gold played out and miners moved south to California, or north to British Columbia. The Oregon and California Railroad was built in the 1980's, but the  railroad bypassed Jacksonville and close to Medford, located five miles east of Jacksonville, which increased commercial prospects for Medford, which in 1928 was named the county seat.  Credits: Images left provided by Wiki Commons History resources provided by Wiki Commons under license. History edited for relevant content by donkelly. Original content on this site is copyrighted by donkelly 2010.