Jackson Purchase
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The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east.[1]
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Jackson Purchase | |
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Territorial acquisition | |
Counties comprising the Jackson Purchase region | |
Demonym | Chickasaw |
Area | |
Area transferred | |
• 1818 | Western Kentucky, West Tennessee, from The Chickasaw Nation |
• 2020 | 6,202.5 km2 (2,394.8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2020 | 196,876 |
Status | Former disputed territory |
Government | |
• Type | Federal & State |
U.S. negotiator | |
• 1818 | General Andrew Jackson |
U.S. negotiator | |
• 1818 | Ex-governor Isaac Shelby |
Historical era | Westward expansion of the U.S. |
• Claimed by U.S. | 1792 |
• U.S. acquired in Treaty of Tuscaloosa | October, 1818 |
• Annexed to Kentucky & Tennessee | 1819 |
Subdivisions | |
• Type | Counties |
• Units | |
Today part of | Western Kentucky & West Tennessee |
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Jackson's Purchase also included all of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River. In modern usage, however, the term refers only to the Kentucky portion of the Jackson Purchase. The southern portion is simply called West Tennessee.