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This file was contributed for use in the Kansas AHGP Jackson County by County Coordinator ===== Jackson County was organized under the name of Calhoun in 1855, and originally extended south to the Kaw river. When the state came under the control of the “Free State” party the name was changed to Jackson. In 1868 the county took its present form.
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Holton is located in Jackson County. The county lies 39 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, 94 degrees 40 minutes west longitude, sea level 1,172 feet. Area of the county is 650 square miles or 419,840 acres. Holton's altitude is 1,094 feet. Jackson County had been originally named Calhoun County, honoring John Calhoun, Secretary of War under Presid...
W.F. Creitz and brother built the first building, a grocery store, on Park Lot No. 1, now 101 West Fourth. During the summer, T. B. Waters built the first hotel, the Holton House, which stood in the center of the block of 400 New York Avenue. Later E. M. Parks put up a house named the Banner Hotel on the corner of 5th and New York Avenue. In 1859 H...
City Government In 1859 the city was incorporated by Probate Judge Major Anderson. Dr. James Waters was mayor and George L. Hamm, city clerk. The city was incorporated as a city of the third class on July 30, 1870. The first officials included Mayor T.J. Adamson; councilmen, Ira.I. Taber, Ed Vetter, J. T. Scott and H. P. Bishop; Marshal, R. J. Wate...
Holton was chosen as the county seat in 1858. A frame building served as the first courthouse on the east side of the square, near the middle of the block. The first courthouse built in the center of the square in 1872 cost $23,000, and the present courthouse completed in 1921 cost $300,000.
The first woman city official was Mrs. Ella Brown, attorney, from the faculty of Campbell College, serving as city attorney form 1893 to 1895. The Hook and Ladder Company was organized in 1875. The fire department building in the 200 block of West Fifth was built in 1898. The company is still a volunteer group with three engines for town and countr...
Some Information for this page is excerpted from a booklet entitled Holton, Kansas, 1856 - 1970, 114 YEARS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Sponsored by THE BOOKMAN CLUB Author; Mary Margaret Allard, 1970
Jackson County, Kansas, formerly Calhoun County when it was established in 1855, was named after U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1859. The county was one of the original 33 counties set forth by the 1855 legislature. The county seat was Calhoun Bluffs, but after county boundaries changes, Holton became the county seat in 1858, where it remains ...
In 1859 the name was changed to Jackson County. Holton was chosen as the county seat in 1858. A frame building served as the first courthouse on the east side of the square, near the middle of the block.
Its county seat is Holton. Holton is also the biggest city in Jackson County. [2] The county was first named Calhoun County. This was named after pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun. The county was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. [3]
Calhoun County was created on August 25, 1855 and renamed to Jackson County on February 11, 1859. The county seat and most populous city is Holton. The county is named for President Andrew Jackson.
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Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson.
