Jackson County
Oklahoma




Welcome to the OKGenWeb site for Jackson County Genealogy!

The Jackson County flag above is from the Jackson County Government site, described there as "the result of a poster contest during County Government Week in 1997. It is the product of three students in Mrs. Joyce Wikoff's class, Matthew Mills, Tina Butler and Leslie Moss. These students have made a great contribution to their county and we are very proud to display the flag."

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Jackson County was formed in 1907 from "Old Greer" County when Oklahoma became the 46th state. Old Greer has a fascinating history: thanks to a surveying error, the territory was in dispute between Texas and Oklahoma for many years until a Supreme Court decision in 1896 when the territory was assigned to Oklahoma Territory.
A brief history of the dispute and resolution can be read at Greer County OKGenWeb page.
Another good history of Jackson County is at the Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture.

An interactive map of the formation of OK counties
(Scroll down when you arrive to the page)
(Available as slide show or pick by year)

Jackson County is bordered by
Harmon, Greer, Kiowa, Tillman Counties in OK
and Hardeman and Wilbarger in TX.
Click on a county name to visit their site.
New, 29 Feb 2016 - Harmon County has now moved, the new url is "http://okgenweb.net/~okharmon/"

The civil townships in Jackson are:
Baucum
Carmel
Duke
Elmer
Eldorado
Headrick
Martha,
Navajo
Olustee.
(In 1910 there was also
a township called Jay.)
N.B. These are not the same as and are not based on the township-range-section method of land division. They were used for census, voting precincts, and various other civil activities.

Jackson is home to the following
cities and towns:

(Click a number for various articles about the town)

*Note: Altus was called Leger
from 10 July 1901-14 May 1904


1915 map from OKGenWeb's Maps 'n' More
with an overlay of future Jackson County


Some lesser populated or no longer existing towns are:

  • Aaron

  • Alfalfa
    (changed to Friendship)

  • Alsford

  • Bonnie

  • Butte

  • Carmel

  • Chilton
    (changed to Dunbar)

  • Creta
    (formerly Era)

  • Crista

  • Dunbar
    (formerly Chilton)

  • Duncan

  • Era
    (changed to Creta)

  • Frazer, forerunner of Altus

  • Friendship (1) (2)
    (formerly Alfalfa)

  • Gladys

  • Granville

  • Hampton

  • Hazel

  • Hess

  • Humphreys

  • Jay

  • Lemon

  • Lincoln

  • Lock

  • Madden

  • Marty

  • Mesquite

  • Morris

  • Navajoe

  • Odema

  • Otis

  • Ozark

  • Poe

  • Prairie Hill

  • Ricks

  • Roark (Jct.)

  • Victory

  • Warren

  • Welon

  • Wellington Jct.

  • Willowvale

  • Wilmoth

  • Yeldell

Another list of towns in Jackson County (with a few more names) can be found at:
Maps 'n' More, a special project at OKGenWeb created by Sharon McAllister.

Old Greer County Post Offices 1886-1907
lists the various post offices, postmasters,
dates of appointment, and notes on discontinuation.
This area included what is now Jackson.


Jackson County Courthouse
101 N. Main St.
Altus, OK 73521
Telephone: (580) 482-4420
The Court Clerk has marriage, divorce, and civil court records from 1907.
The County Clerk has land records.

Historic images of the courthouse


Featured Photo of Jackson



The Altus - Jackson County Well
Hand dug in 1889-90 by Mr. Sam Neal who homesteaded the lands that comprise downtown Altus this well was 35 feet deep and was walled with brink.
Rediscovered in 1989, this restoration project has been a part of the "89" centennial celebration for the state of Oklahoma.
Info from Exploring Oklahoma History
Photo by B. D. Miller, 28 March 2013


Jackson Libraries, Museums, Historical and Genealogical Societies

Altus Public Library
421 North Hudson, Altus, OK 73521
Phone: (580) 477-2890, Toll Free number: (888) 302-9053
The library has cemetery books, contributed family files, early newspapers, etc.
Tammy Davis, who works at the Altus library, will do lookups in their holdings as time permits.
Contact Tammy for information and cost - be sure to give relevant information (names, dates, etc.).

Western Trail Historical Society
P.O. Box 11
Altus, OK 73522

Museum
of the
Western Prairie

Images from the
Museum of the
Western Prairie

Facebook page for
Museum of the
Western Prairie

(open to public viewing)

Western Trails
Genealogical
Society

Southwest Oklahoma
Genealogical Society

Greer County
Genealogical and
Historical Society

Oklahoma
Historical
Society


History of Jackson County

1907 - A New State - A New County
Map of the New State of Oklahoma in the Newspapers, with an error!

Jackson County in the
Encyclopedia of OK
History & Culture

A History of Jackson
by Jodean Martin

OK Historic Places Database
Jackson County

National Register
of Historic Places

(10 entries)

Jackson Bridges at
Oklahoma Bridges

(great photos)

Jackson in the
Oklahoma
Archeological
Survey

No markers listed at the
Historical Markers Database!!
Can you help?

Old Greer
(parent county
of Jackson)

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Books about Jackson County and its communities
General reference books about the county, specific record books, community histories, etc.


Records and Data of Jackson County OK

Please submit your Jackson County data to share!

Jackson County People and Statistics
from the first Oklahoma State Manual 1909

Name Entries in Who's Who in Jackson County (1927)

Marriage
Records

Greer (pre-Jackson) 1901-1907
Jackson 1907-1920

Land
Records

Probate General Index
Entries for Dockets 1-3
(1907-1920s)

Greer Co TX Tax Lists
(= Jackson, Greer, Harmon, and part of Beckham)

Military and Veterans
Records

They Came to Jackson
Foreign Born Residents
1900-1910 Jackson

Jackson County in the News
Articles concerning Jackson
and its people from various
OK Newspapers, through 1907 (statehood and county formation)

Google news digital issues of
The Altus Times Democrat

5 issues each
from January of
1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, and 1980.

Cemeteries of Jackson with links to listings

Various Jackson County Obituaries can be found at:

Genealogy Trails

USGenWeb Archives

Altus Times Obits
USGenWeb Archives

Oklahoma
Cemeteries

Obituary Central
Pg: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6

Kincanon Funeral Home Obituaries

Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Obituaries






Old Library in Olustee
Photo by P. A. Miller taken 28 March 2013



Family Sites with Jackson County Connections
Submit your site here!
You will need to do a text search for "Jackson" on some of these pages to find the Jackson connection.

Message boards and query sites for Jackson County:

Archived Researchers and Queries from December 1996 - March 2002

Researcher Profiles:
A thru L

Researcher Profiles:
M thru Z

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Surname Register and
Query Index: A thru L,

Surname Register and
Query Index: M thru Z

Dec 1996 - Jan 1997

Feb - Jun 1997

Aug - Nov 1997

Dec 1997 - Feb 1998

Mar 1998 - May 1999

Jun - Jul 1999

Aug - Nov 1999

Dec 1999 - Feb 2000

Mar - May 2000

Jun - Sep 2000

Oct 2000 - Jan 2001

Feb - Apr 2001

May - Aug 2001

Sep 2001 - Feb 2002

March 2002


Links to other sites with Jackson County Info
(The search for Jackson County is already done for your convenience - these are the results pages, with lots more links to follow)

USGenWeb Archives Project

Cyndi's List

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familysearch.org wiki

Family History
Library Catalog

Genealogy Trails History Group

linkpendium.com

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tqpeiffer's Jackson County

USGenNet

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Southwest Oklahoma
Family History

OK Historical Society
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma
History & Culture

Wikipedia Articles

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Jackson County Today

Jackson County Government
Official County Site


CopperMines Off Road Park near Eldorado.
Visit an unofficial Facebook page for fun pictures and info!
Photo by P. A. Miller, 28 March 2013

flickr photos for
Jackson Co OK

County QuickLinks
from US Census Bureau

City of Altus

County QuickFacts
from US Census Bureau

Altus Times

National Weather Service
Current and 7 Day Forecast

Altus Air Force Base


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14 Nov 2012