page_title: Jackson County, Alabama
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Jackson County, Alabama / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Jackson County, Alabama, USA.
context_page_description: Jackson County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,227. The county seat is Scottsboro. The county was named for Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States of America. Jackson County is a prohibition or dry county, but three cities within the county are "wet", allowing alcohol sales. Jackson County comprises the Scottsboro, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area. This is included in the Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL Combined Statistical Area. It is the site of Russell Cave National Monument, an archeological site with evidence of 8,000 years of human occupation in the Southeast.
context_section_description: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,127 square miles (2,920 km²), of which 1,078 square miles (2,790 km²) is land and 49 square miles (130 km²) (%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Alabama by total area. Much of it is located in the Appalachians.
  Of special interest is Russell Cave National Monument, which is located in Doran Cove, approximately 5 miles west of the town of Bridgeport. It is believed to offer "one of the most complete records of prehistoric culture in the southeast United States." Russell Cave was declared a National Monument in May 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.  The Monument consists of 310 acres (1.3 km²) of land donated by the National Geographic Society.
  The cave is an important archaeological site that was excavated in 1956 by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic Society. The  October 1956 issue of National Geographic Magazine featured an article reporting, "Life 8,000 Years Ago Uncovered in an Alabama Cave." Evidence was found of human occupation of the cave from 6200 B.C. to A.D. 1650. The article was written by Carl F. Miller, the expedition leader. There have been follow-up studies about this site.
caption: Map of Jackson County showing census subdivisions
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