Jacks Creek, Tennessee Explained

Official Name:Jacks Creek, Tennessee
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Tennessee#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tennessee
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chester
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.56
Area Land Km2:2.56
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.99
Area Land Sq Mi:0.99
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:81
Population Density Km2:31.60
Population Density Sq Mi:81.82
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:141
Elevation Ft:463
Coordinates:35.4686°N -88.5208°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:38347
Area Code:731
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1289172

Jacks Creek (or Jack's Creek) is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee, United States.

History

The area was settled in the 1820s.[3] There are multiple legends about the source of the name of the creek running through the community which bears its name. They agree only in that the "Jack" after whom it was named was a young African-American slave boy, who either drowned in the creek, discovered the excellence of its water, or was captured by Indians on its banks.[4]

There were two minor incidents near Jacks Creek during the Civil War: a skirmish one mile north of town, on September 12, 1863; and a one-day battle one mile south of town involving a Confederate unit under Nathan Bedford Forrest and United States Army troops out of Corinth, Mississippi, on December 23, 1863.[5] In 1937 the community became the site of the Jack's Creek Intermediate Landing Field, an airport on the flight line between Nashville and Memphis that was designated as an emergency landing field. At one time it was the second largest landing field in the United States, with two runways, a beacon light and a radio control tower. During World War II the airfield was used by the U.S. Army Air Force as a practice site.[3]

Today

Jacks Creek is home to the Jacks Creek Church of Christ [6] and Jacks Creek Elementary School.[7] Jacks Creek also has its own Post Office as well as Jacks Creek Barbecue Restaurant.

Geography

The community is concentrated around the intersection Tennessee State Route 100 and Tennessee State Route 22A, east of Henderson and south of Lexington. It has an elevation of 515 ft. Its zip code is 38347.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. Oct 15, 2022.
  3. http://www.chestercountychamber.com/live/communities.html Henderson/Chester County Chamber of Commerce website
  4. 'Chester County Historical Society. 'Chester County, Tennessee, 1882-1995: History and Families Paducah: Turner Publishing Company, 1998; p. 14
  5. Web site: Tennessee state historical marker in Jack's Creek . 2011-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130102173042/http://home.olemiss.edu/~cmprice/cavalry/battle.html#jack . 2013-01-02 . dead .
  6. Web site: Jacks Creek church of Christ .
  7. Web site: Jacks Creek Elementary School .
  8. Web site: USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code. 2012-02-15. United States Postal Service. 2012.