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Pendergrass is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1692 at the time of the 2020 census.

Talmo is a town in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 257 at the 2020 census. Talmo calls itself "The Jewel of Jackson County".

The Jefferson City Schools is a public school district in Jackson County, Georgia, United States, based in Jefferson. It serves Jefferson and the surrounding communities in Jackson County.

Jefferson is a city and the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,432 at the 2010 census, up from 3,825 at the 2000 census. As of 2019 the estimated population was 12,032.

Jackson County School System (JCSS) is a school district in Jackson County, Georgia, United States, based in Jefferson. Most of the Jackson County is in this school district. However, portions in Commerce and Jefferson are in, respectively, Commerce City School District and Jefferson City School District. The Jackson County district serves the communities of Arcade, Hoschton, Nicholson, Pendergrass, and Talmo. It also includes the Jefferson County portions of Braselton and Maysville. It is run by the Jackson County Schools Board of Education along with superintendent Dr. Philip Brown.

Jackson County Comprehensive High School (JCCHS) is located in Jefferson, Georgia, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Jackson County School District. It is fed by West Jackson Middle School.The school competes in region 8-AAAAAA. JCCHS is known for its academics, band, Army JROTC, FFA, softball, wrestling, tennis, basketball, and football programs.

Jackson County Courthouse is a two-story brick building designed by architect W.W. Thomas and built in 1879 in Jefferson, Georgia. Its Classical Revival clock tower was added in 1906. It was one of the first post-Civil War county courthouses built in Georgia. It is unusual for surviving little-altered since construction. In 2004, a new courthouse was built in Jefferson. It was renovated in 1978.Its courtroom has a "Cathedral quilt" pressed metal coved ceiling and egg and dart cornices.Its architect, William Winstead Thomas (1848-1904), was president of an insurance company but also designed buildings, including the White Hall estate house outside Atlanta and at least two other courthouses.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Belmont is an unincorporated community in Hall County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Jackson County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 75,907. The county seat is Jefferson.Jackson County comprises the Jefferson, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.

Braselton ( BRAZ-əl-tən) is a town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, approximately 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 7,511, and in 2018 the estimated population was 11,652.The Gwinnett and Barrow County portions of Braselton are part of the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Marietta, GA, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Hall County portion is part of both the Atlanta and Gainesville, GA Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The remaining Jackson County portion of Braselton is not part of any core based statistical area.

Gresham Motorsports Park (formerly Jefco Speedway, Georgia International Speedway and Peach State Speedway) is a half-mile (.8 km) paved oval auto racing track in Jefferson, Georgia. The track opened in 1967, named Jefco Speedway. Tom Pistone won the inaugural event, a NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race. Two NASCAR Grand National races were held at the track in 1968 and 1969, won by Cale Yarborough and Bobby Isaac. Since 1983, the track has held the World Crown 300 for late model stock cars. The track was renamed Peach State Speedway in the early 1990s. The circuit was renamed and extensively renovated in 2009. NASCAR started running K&N Pro Series East races in 2010.

Hoschton is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,377 at the 2010 census. As of 2018 the estimated population was 1,916.