Jacksboro is a town in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,306 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Campbell County.

History

Jacksboro was founded in 1806 as a permanent county seat for the newly created Campbell County. The initial property for the town square was deeded by Hugh Montgomery, one of the earliest settlers in the area. The town was originally known as Walnut Grove, but was renamed "Jacksonboro" in honor of Andrew Jackson in 1819. The name was later shortened to "Jacksboro." The town situated near the "corner" of an L-shaped section of Powell Valley created by the intersection of Cumberland Mountain, a long ridge which runs in a northeast-southwest direction, and Cross Mountain, a summit which rises prominently to the west. Big Creek and Cove Creek — which traverse the eastern and western sections of Jacksboro respectively — are both part of the Norris Lake system of the Clinch River watershed.

Jacksboro is concentrated along U.S. Route 25W, approximately northeast of Interstate 75 and a mile northeast of Cove Lake State Park. Caryville lies to the southwest, and LaFollette lies to the northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Jacksboro racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

|-

!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 2,178

| 94.45%

|-

!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 8

| 0.35%

|-

!scope="row"| Native American

| 1

| 0.04%

|-

!scope="row"| Asian

| 13

| 0.56%

|-

!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 80

| 3.47%

|-

!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 26

| 1.13%

|}

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,306 people, 957 households, and 524 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the census

  • Bonnie Hollingsworth, Major League Baseball player
  • John Jennings, Jr., U.S. representative from Tennessee
  • Dennis Powers, Tennessee state representative

References

  • Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Jacksboro — information on local government, elections, and link to charter