Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		January 10, 1816 (Laws, 1815/16, p. 62)
Origin of the name of the county:
	Named after Andrew Jackson, statesman and seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). His army defeated the British at New Orleans during the War of 1812. As Democratic president (1829–1837), he opposed the Bank of America and greatly strengthened the presidency.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1812–1816	Johnson
	1795–1816	Randolph
	1790–1795	St. Clair
County Seats:
	1816–1817	House of Nathan Davis on Big Muddy River.
	1817–1843	Brownsville
	1843–	Murphysboro—Name changed from Murphys Borough, date unknown.
History of county governing board:
	1816–1818	County Court
	1818–1819	Justices’ Court
	1819–1849	County Commissioners’ Court
	1849–1872	County Court
	1872–1875	County Board of Supervisors
	1875–1878	Board of County Commissioners
	1878–1883	County Board of Supervisors
	1883–1885	Board of County Commissioners
	1885–	County Board of Supervisors
Documented Record Losses
	June 10, 1843—Fire		Some records lost or damaged.
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 7, 1871
	Discontinued:	November 3, 1874
	Adopted:	November 6, 1877
	Discontinued:	November 7, 1882
	Adopted:	November 4, 1884
Township Names:
	Bradley
	Carbondale
	Degognia
	DeSoto
	Elk
	Fountain Bluff	Named Big Lake under first organization; changed to Fountain Bluff (date unknown).
	Grand Tower	Named Big Hill under first organization, then changed to Fountain Bluff (date unknown); named Grand Tower under third organization.
	Kinkaid
	Levan
	Makanda
	Murphysboro
	Ora
	Pomona	Name changed from Ridge (date unknown, before 1921).
	Sand Ridge	Part of Grand Tower and Fountain Bluff under second organization.
	Somerset
	Vergennes