Jack County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. In 2000, its population was 8,763. Its county seat is
Jacksboro. Jack County is named for Patrick Churchill Jack and his
brother William Houston Jack, both soldiers of the Texas
Revolution.
Jack County, in north central Texas, is bordered by Clay, Archer,
and Montague counties to the north, Young County to the west, Palo
Pinto and Parker counties to the south, and Wise County to the
east. Jacksboro, the county seat and the largest town in the
county, is sixty miles southeast of Wichita Falls and seventy miles
northwest of Fort Worth. The county's center is at 98°10' west
longitude and 33°12' north latitude. Other communities in the
county include Bryson, Jermyn, Perrin, Antelope, Wizard Wells, Post
Oak, Bartons Chapel, Cundiff, Gibtown, Joplin, Newport (also in
Clay County), Truce, and Vineyard. Jack County is situated in the
North Central Prairies region. The land is undulating to hilly,
with light-colored, loamy soils over very deep reddish clayey
subsoils, shale, and sandstone. The county's 920 square miles is
forested mainly by mesquite, live oak, blackjack oak, and post oak,
with pecan, elm, walnut, and cottonwood trees along the waterways.
The altitude increases from east to west and ranges from 800 feet
to 1,350 feet. The West Fork of the Trinity River cuts across Jack
County diagonally from northwest to southeast and provides the main
drainage for the county. Among other creeks are East Rock, Howard,
Lost, Crooked, the North Fork of Crooked, Little Cleveland, the
West Fork of Keechi, Two Bush, and Henderson. Lake Bridgeport and
Lake Jacksboro are in the county. Mineral resources include
petroleum, natural gas, and stone. The climate is
subtropical-subhumid, generally mild and dry. Temperatures in
January range from an average low of 31° F to an average high of
57° and in July from 73° to 97°. The average rainfall is about
thirty inches a year, and the growing season extends for 218
days.
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