Jack County, Texas

Jack County
Jack County
County
	The Jack County Courthouse in Jacksboro
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°14′N 98°11′W / 33.24°N 98.18°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1857
Seat	Jacksboro
Largest city	Jacksboro
Area
• Total	920 sq mi (2,400 km2)
• Land	911 sq mi (2,360 km2)
• Water	9.5 sq mi (25 km2) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	8,472
• Density	9.2/sq mi (3.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	25th
Website	www.jackcounty.org

Jack County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,472.^[1] Its county seat is Jacksboro.^[2] The county was created in 1856 and organized the next year.^[3] It is named for Patrick Churchill Jack and his brother William Houston Jack, both soldiers of the Texas Revolution.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Jack County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^ "Jack, Patrick Churchill". The Handbook of Texas Online. The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
^ "Jack, William Houston". The Handbook of Texas Online. The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 167.