North Jackson is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in central
Jackson Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,124 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Lordstow ...
, United States. It lies along
State Route 45 between
Salem and
Warren. It is part of the
Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. North Jackson is the site of a
Marian shrine
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of the
Catholic Church
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, the
Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon.
History
A post office called North Jackson has been in operation since 1837, with the ZIP code 44451. Besides the post office, North Jackson had a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. A variant name was Jackson Center.
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Education
Children in North Jackson are served by the Jackson-Milton Local School District. The current schools serving North Jackson are:
*Jackson-Milton Elementary School – grades K-5
*Jackson-Milton Middle School – grades 6-8
* Jackson-Milton High School – grades 9-12
North Jackson has a public library, a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County has 15 branches that serve 10 communities in Mahoning County, Ohio.
In 2005, the library loaned more than 1.8 million items to its 122,000 cardholders. Total holdings are over 686,000 volumes ...
.
See also
* Universal Stainless
External links
Township website
County website
References
Unincorporated communities in Mahoning County, Ohio
1837 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1837
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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