{"id":21079,"count":2,"description":"Jacksboro is a city in Jack County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,533 at the 2000 census. Jacksboro is located at the junction of U.S. Highways 281 and 380, and it is the county seat of Jack County.\nJacksboro is located at 33\u00b013\u203224\u2033N 98\u00b009\u203239\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff33.223355\u00b0N 98.160845\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 33.223355; -98.160845 (33.223355, -98.160845).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18\u00a0km), of which, 5.8 square miles (15\u00a0km) of it is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6\u00a0km) of it (14.54%) is water.\nJacksboro was first settled in the 1850s, attracted by land offers from the Texas Emigration and Land Office. Originally called Mesquiteville, the community grew up in the pastureland near Keechi Creek. It was renamed Jacksboro in 1858 when it became the county seat, in honor of brothers William and Patrick Jack, veterans of the Texas Revolution. Regular postal service began in 1859.\nThe county was one of the few to vote against secession before the Civil...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/jacksboro\/","name":"Jacksboro","slug":"jacksboro","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/21079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=21079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}