County departments

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Old Scranton Courthouse on Delmas & Magnolia Street (Built: circa 1878)

Created in July 1993, the Jackson County Archives Department is responsible for preserving and cataloging thousands of school records, land records, and historical documents.  The records might be old but are still vital today. 

The Archives Department is all about the preservation of county records for the people. State law requires that these records are kept forever. Most of the archives records date back to 1875 when the county courthouse burned and include: 

• Tax receipts
• Land rolls
• Chancery Court Cases from 1875-1980 
• School records
• Local Newspapers from 1875 to 1929 (hard copy)
• Newspapers on microfilm
  

For more information about the history of Jackson County click here.