Jack County, Texas

Founding: 1857 (declared in 1856)
Parent county: Cooke

Namesake: Patrick and William Jack, Texas Revolution soldiers
Seat: Jacksboro (1858–)

Land area: 911 square miles

Population (2020): 8,472

Population (historic): 1,000 (1860); 6,626 (1880); 10,224 (1900); 9,046 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 497 (11.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $647
Average outbuilding value (1930): $276
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,463
Average farm size (1920): 72.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas
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Jacksboro

Namesake: Patrick and William Jack, Texas Revolution soldiers

Founding: circa 1856 (founding as Mesquiteville); 1858 (post office); 1875 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,184

Population (historic): 387 (1880); 1,311 (1900); 1,837 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1960; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 240 (15%)
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