Jackson, Pennsylvania

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Scranton. It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the east of Jackson and has a population of 76,415 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Wilkes-Barre. It is located about 30 miles [48 km] to the east of Jackson and has a population of 43,123 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland	S	29 mi [46.67 km]	---
	Bloomsburg	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	12,772	3.21% increase
	Coaldale	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	2,122	7.54% decrease
	Hazleton	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	21,732	6.85% decrease
	Muncy	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,045	1.32% decrease
	Nanticoke	E	23 mi [37.01 km]	10,199	6.9% decrease
	Pittston	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	7,547	6.87% decrease
	Pottsville	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	14,405	7.36% decrease
	Shamokin	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	7,367	8.02% decrease
	Sunbury	SW	28 mi [45.06 km]	9,819	7.46% decrease
	Williamsport	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	29,456	4.07% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Almedia	S	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Buckhorn	S	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Espy	S	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Eyers Grove	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Fernville	S	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Foundryville	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Iola	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Jamison City	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]
	Jerseytown	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]
	Jonestown	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]
	Lightstreet	S	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Lime Ridge	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Mifflinville	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]
	Rohrsburg	S	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Waller	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]

Columbia County

Jackson is located in Columbia County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia: Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Sullivan.

While not sharing a border with Columbia, the following counties are close to Jackson: Wyoming, Union and Bradford.

Below are counties that are near Jackson (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Jackson:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Jackson
	Bradford County	N	Cumiskey	26 miles [41 km]
	Carbon County	SE	Audenried	31 miles [49 km]
	Centre County	W	Shakespeare Club	39 miles [62 km]
	Dauphin County	S	Erdman	39 miles [62 km]
	Lackawanna County	NE	Ransom	35 miles [56 km]
	Luzerne County	E	Cambra	7 miles [11 km]
	Lycoming County	NW	Richards Grove	4 miles [6 km]
	Montour County	SW	White Hall	10 miles [16 km]
	Northumberland County	W	Five Points	17 miles [27 km]
	Schuylkill County	SE	Nuremberg	22 miles [35 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Jackson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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