Jackson, Indiana
Nickname: 
Jackson Station
Jackson is located in Indiana
Jackson
Jackson
Jackson is located in the United States
Jackson
Jackson
Coordinates: 40°19′45″N 86°03′39″W / 40.32917°N 86.06083°W / 40.32917; -86.06083
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyTipton
TownshipCicero
Elevation879 ft (268 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46072
Area code765
GNIS feature ID446670[1]

Jackson, also known as Jackson Station, and Jacksons[1] is an unincorporated community in Cicero Township, Tipton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[1]

History

Jackson was located 3.5 miles north of Tipton, Indiana. The village was founded around the building of a saw mill, which operated on steam, by Newton J. Jackson and George Kane in 1851. In 1854, the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad was completed and a train station was built in Jackson. The village grew around the increased number of shipments that were processed at the station. Elijah C. Elliott opened a general store in the village after 1865. Elliott also had a factory that made "staves and heading". By 1914, the railroad station was closed. At that time, a school and church still existed in the village.[2]

A post office was established under the name Jackson Station in 1863, was renamed Jackson in 1882, and operated until it was discontinued in 1905.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jackson, Indiana
  2. Marvin W. Pershing (1914). History of Tipton County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 90.
  3. "Tipton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 25, 2016.


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