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The city of Jacksonville is located in Cherokee County.
Jacksonville is 140 feet [42.67 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Jacksonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Jacksonville can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Jacksonville had a population of 13,868 people<3> (or 29.7% of the total population of Cherokee County). The population of Jacksonville represented 0.07% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 151st most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Jacksonville had a population of 14,367 people. This is an increase of 3.6% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Jacksonville.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 14,367 | +3.6% | +1.39% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 14,170 | +2.18% | +0.21% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 14,141 | +1.97% | -0.1% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 14,155 | +2.07% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 13,868 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Berryville |  NW | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 984 | 10.44% increase |
| | Bullard |  N | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 1,817 | 58% increase |
| | Coffee City | NW | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 207 | 7.25% increase |
| | Frankston | NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 1,234 | 2.07% increase |
| | Gallatin |  SE | 7 mi [11.27 km] | 392 | 3.7% increase |
| | New Summerfield |  E | 8 mi [12.87 km] | 1,022 | 2.4% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Jacksonville.
Website for Jacksonville
| Official Website: | www.jacksonville-texas.com/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jacksonville - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jacksonville, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Jacksonville. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Jacksonville and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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