Jackson Purchase

Jackson Purchase
Territorial acquisition

Counties comprising the Jackson Purchase region
DemonymChickasaw
Area 
Area transferred
 • 1818Western Kentucky, West Tennessee, from The Chickasaw Nation
• 2020
6,202.5 km2 (2,394.8 sq mi)
Population 
• 2020
196,876
StatusFormer disputed territory
Government
 • TypeFederal & State
U.S. negotiator 
• 1818
General Andrew Jackson
U.S. negotiator 
• 1818
Ex-governor Isaac Shelby
Historical eraWestward 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
 • TypeCounties
 • Units
Today part ofWestern Kentucky & West Tennessee

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]

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.

  1. ^ Kelber, John E., ed. (May 18, 1992). "Geography". Encyclopedia of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 367–368. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0. Retrieved November 3, 2023.