Formed February 1, 1816 (14th county)
Jackson County (46,425), Brownstown (3,028), Seymour (21,568)
The tan brick Second Empire and Neo-Classical courthouse was built in 1870 and remodeled in 1911. It sits in a city square at Walnut Street and Main Street. United States Highway 50 is Main Street. David Bolen is the building architect. The facility features a clock tower and faux columns. Veteran memorials and a military tank are on the grounds. The county was formed on February 1, 1816 as the 14th county with Fort Villonia as the county seat. Brownstown assumed the county seat later in 1816. The county was taken from parts of Clark, Jefferson, and Washington counties. It is named for War of 1812 hero General Andrew Jackson. The county seat is named for War of 1812 hero General James Jennings Brown. He is also the namesake of Brown County.
Jackson County government consists of a sheriff, an auditor, a clerk, a coroner, a treasurer, and an assessor (executive). It has 7 Council Members (legislative.) A Circuit Court Judge, Two Superior Court Judges, and a prosecutor serve Jackson County (judicial.) The county is in south central Indiana. Indianapolis, Indiana is north and Louisville, Kentucky is southeast of the county. The county center is in Brownstown .7 miles North of the city center. The county is surrounded clockwise by Bartholomew, Jennings, Scott, Washington, Lawrence, Monroe, and Brown counties.
The area of the county is 509 square miles. It is 8 out of 92 in the state. It ranks 31 out of 92 in population in the state. It has a density of 91.2 persons per square mile making it 46 out of 92 in the state. Jackson County has 57.6% of its population in its incorporated areas. Interstate Highway 65 travels the east side of the county north to south from Bartholomew County to Scott County. United States Highway 31 parallels Interstate Highway 65 from Bartholomew to Scott counties. United States Highway 50 goes east to west from Jennings County to Lawrence County. The county resembles the State of Oklahoma with the panhandle shortened. Brownstown is slightly south of center in the county. Seymour is in the northeast quarter of the county. Brownstown is the county seat and Seymour is the largest city. Brownstown is 6.5% of the county population while Seymour is 46.5% of the county population. The largest city is pronounced SEE-MORE. This county is in the Seymour Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Brownstown
Crothersville
Medora
Seymour
