Jacksonville, Texas
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Jacksonville is a city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County.
Jacksonville's City Hall, located downtown on South Ragsdale Street, was completed in November 2016.
Monument-style welcome sign at U.S. Highway 69's north approach to the city.
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, an entity of the Baptist Missionary Association of America, is located off State Highway 135 on the northeast side of the city.
Cherokee County, Texas
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Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,412. The county seat is Rusk, which lies 130 miles southeast of Dallas and 160 miles north of Houston. The county was named for the Cherokee, who lived in the area before being expelled in 1839. Cherokee County comprises the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Tyler–Jacksonville combined statistical area.
The Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk
Caddo Mounds at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Cherokee County
Cherokee Veterans Monument in Jacksonville, Texas