Jackson County/Texas Counties Power Trail #120 Traditional Cache
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Jackson County/Texas Counties Power Trail #120
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11/27/2011
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Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of
Texas. In 2000 its population was 14,391. Its county seat is Edna.
Jackson County is named for Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States from 1829 to 1837.
Jackson County, on U.S. Highway 59 in the Coastal Prairies region
southwest of Houston, borders both Lavaca Bay and Carancahua Bayqqv
and is bounded by Calhoun, Victoria, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, and
Matagorda counties. Edna, the county's largest town, is the county
seat. The county's center lies at 28°57' north latitude and 96°35'
west longitude. Elevation ranges from sea level to 150 feet.
Jackson County, one of the original counties of Texas, was formed
in 1836 from the old Mexican municipality of Jackson. Both the
municipality and the county were named after President Andrew
Jackson and were settled predominantly by American colonists.
Jackson County comprises 844 square miles. Most of the county has
loamy surfaces with clayey subsoils or gray to black, cracking,
clayey soils. In the northwestern third, the prairie is surfaced by
light-colored and loamy soils with deep reddish subsoils. Marsh
millet, salt grass, and cordgrass thrive in the marsh areas;
mesquite covers much of the prairie. Between 41 and 50 percent of
Jackson County land is deemed prime farmland. With an average
annual temperature of 70°, the county has a subtropical, humid
climate. Tropical storms and hurricanes are possible from June
through October. Temperatures in January vary from an average low
of 43° F to an average high of 63° and in July range from 75° to
94°. The average annual rainfall is forty inches. The growing
season averages 285 days; the first freeze normally occurs in early
December and the last in late February.
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