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Jackson County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census , the population was 43,109. [ 1 ] Since 1913, its county seat has been Sylva , [ 2 ] which replaced Webster .
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
Jackson County Courthouse is an historic courthouse located at Sylva, serving Jackson County, North Carolina. It was designed by Smith & Carrier and built in 1913, when Sylva took over the county seat designation from Webster .
The archaeological site is located on a 0.85-acre rectangular-shaped property, now owned by Jackson County. It is approximately 60 meters east of Caney Fork Creek, a major branch of the northwestward-trending Tuckasegee River in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The petroglyph boulder occurs within a man-made bowl-shaped depression.
The History Center is located in the Historic Caddie House (1924). The High Hampton Inn Historic District encompasses 12 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They include the High Hampton Inn (1932-1933), a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story, L-shaped, gable-roofed Rustic style structure sheathed in chestnut bark siding.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, North Carolina" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At the time of incorporation in 1891, it was the largest town in Jackson County, a surprising fact considering it was so small. The town had a private high school, the first in Jackson County, formed in 1886 and was just like Cullowhee High School, founded in 1889, which has now become Western Carolina University. The Glenville school became a ...
Jackson County and Macon County: David Lowry Swain (1801–1868), a governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina: 13,916: 540 sq mi (1,399 km 2) Transylvania County: 175: Brevard: 1861: Henderson County and Jackson County: Derived from the Latin words, trans meaning "across" and sylva meaning "woods" 33,549: 380 ...