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Welcome to the Mount Jackson Home page. The Mount Jackson Home page provides as much information as possible on Mount Jackson. Knowing Mount Jackson’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Mount Jackson’s Home page, you will also find Mount Jackson’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Mount Jackson has a population of 2283. 50.1% of Mount Jackson’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.9 are female. 47.7% of Mount Jackson is married and 60% own their own home. The Average Home price is $124,310, and the average rent is $831. Household median income in Mount Jackson is $41,875, and the individual median income is $28,172. Mount Jackson’s Ethnic is the following: White(85.2%), Hispanic(32.3%), Other(7.8%), Multiple(4.6%), Asian(1.2%), Black(0.8%), Native(0.4%).


One of the most notable landmarks in Mt. Jackson, Virginia is the little red brick Union Church in the center of town, built circa 1825, one of the oldest structure in the town. In 1822 an early settler bequeathed to the town a lot to build a nondenominational church for the use of any Christian congregations in the area.


A frame church was originally erected on the site, but was replaced by the present brick structure around 1825. The church was used by both sides during the Civil War, including use as a hospital, with etchings on the walls by passing soldiers. Daniel Grey, a Revolutionary War soldier, lays buried here.


Many of the most prominent early citizens of the area lay at rest in the church yard. Union Church is on the National Register of Historic Places.The Mount Jackson Historic District encompasses 125 buildings, and contributing structures in the town. This includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from the late-19th to the early-20th century, the era of the town's greatest prosperity.


They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Gothic Revival, Federal, and Queen Anne. Other notable buildings include the Stoneburner House, Tisinger House, S. P. Lonas House, Brill Building, Lonas Store, former Peoples Bank (c. 1904), Mt. Jackson Volunteer Fire Department (1936), Mt.


Jackson Theatre Building (1938), St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (1876), Mt. Jackson Methodist Episcopal Church (1884), and Triplett Middle School (1925). The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The Bauserman Farm, Meems Bottom Covered Bridge and J.W.R. Moore House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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