Jacks Creek, also called Jack's Creek, is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Chester County, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, United States

United States

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Geography

The community is situated on Highway 100E

Tennessee State Route 100

State Route 100 is a west–east route that connects Whiteville, Tennessee with Belle Meade, Tennessee.- Route description :Once it leaves SR-15, State Route 100 passes south of Whiteville along with US-64. Then SR-100 passes through an interchange with US-64 and SR-15 and leaves Whiteville...

. It has an elevation of 515 ft.
The Zip Code of Jacks Creek is 38347.

History

The area was settled in the 1820s.

John Marshall Stone

John Marshall Stone

John Marshall Stone was an American politician from Mississippi who served longer as Governor of that state than anyone else, from 1876 to 1882 and again from 1890 to 1896.- Background :...

 made his home here before moving in 1855 to Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

, where he would eventually become governor of that state. There were two minor incidents near Jack's Creek during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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: a skirmish one mile north of town, on September 12, 1863; and a one-day battle one mile south of town involving a rebel

Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...

 unit under Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self-educated, innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading southern advocate in the postwar years...

 and United States Army

United States Army

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 troops out of Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth is a city in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,054 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Alcorn County. Its ZIP codes are 38834 and 38835.- History :...

, on December 23, 1863.

In 1937 the community became the site of the Jack's Creek Intermediate Landing Field, an airport

Airport

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 on the flight line between Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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 and Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

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 that was designated as an emergency landing field. At one time it was the second largest landing field in the United States, with two runway

Runway

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s, a beacon light and a radio control tower. During World War II

World War II

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 the airfield was used by the U.S. Army Air Force as a practice site.