Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson County · Scottsboro · the river-and-plateau seat sits here · this is not Mississippi
Scottsboro is the hall. Bellefonte was the old seat. This is not Jackson County, Mississippi.
Jackson County, Alabama, was erected 13 December 1819 and named for Andrew Jackson. The first lasting seat was Bellefonte. The seat moved to Scottsboro in 1868. Scottsboro is the seat. Scottsboro is also the large city. Bellefonte is not the hall now. Bridgeport is a city — it is not the hall. Stevenson is a city — it is not the hall. Hollywood, Section, Pisgah, Woodville, and Skyline are not the hall. This is not Jackson County, Mississippi. This is not Jackson County, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oregon, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Minnesota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, or Illinois. Jackson, Mississippi, is a different state’s capital rumor — not this courthouse. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. It does not sit here.
Places include Scottsboro, Bridgeport, Stevenson, Hollywood, Section, Pisgah, Woodville, Skyline, Dutton, Hytop, Langston, and Paint Rock. 2020 census: about 52,579. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — river-and-plateau patrol and the Parks Avenue jail — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Jackson County.
A chair at large and four districts on Laurel. They do not sit in Bridgeport as this county.
Jackson is a five-member County Commission: a chair elected at large and four district commissioners. There is no County Executive. Commission offices sit at 102 East Laurel Street, Suite 47, Scottsboro. They fund roads, the jail, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. Scottsboro City Council is a city body. Bridgeport is a city. Stevenson is a city.
The courthouse is at 102 East Laurel Street, Scottsboro (38th Judicial Circuit). The Circuit Clerk lists Suite 307. A city hall in Bridgeport is not this county. A city hall in Stevenson is not this county.
The Sheriff is four years, Article V § 138, 2026 with the Governor. Take office 18 January 2027. The Mayor of Scottsboro is a city clock.
The Tennessee River and U.S. 72. Montgomery is still the capital.
The Tennessee River cuts the county. Guntersville Lake backs up into this map. U.S. 72 is the through road. Tennessee is north. Dade County, Georgia, is east. DeKalb is southeast — Fort Payne is that hall. Marshall is southwest. Madison is west. Staff who paste a Jackson, Mississippi, capitol onto Laurel, or treat Bridgeport as this courthouse, or file “Huntsville as this county government,” are on the wrong county.
How a Scottsboro public finds the Jackson desk
Courthouse / Circuit Clerk / Absentee: 102 East Laurel Street, Scottsboro (Clerk Suite 307). Commission: 102 East Laurel Street, Suite 47. Sheriff headquarters (SOS): 102 East Laurel Street, Scottsboro, AL 35768. Jail: 545 Parks Avenue, Scottsboro (jail line 256-574-1884). Confirm live addresses on jacksoncountyal.gov and jacksoncountysheriffal.org. A student who only knows a Mississippi photograph has not found Scottsboro.
545 Parks Avenue still jails. Scottsboro PD does not.
Crime in unincorporated Jackson — Hollywood country, Section, Pisgah, Skyline, the plateau roads off U.S. 72 — is this Sheriff. Crime in Scottsboro is often Scottsboro Police. Crime in Bridgeport is often municipal. Crime in Stevenson is often municipal. This Sheriff is not Scottsboro PD. Jail listings use 545 Parks Avenue (Sheriff-operated house). That is not a separate county Department of Corrections. Do not paste a Mississippi jail onto Parks Avenue. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Scottsboro Police or to Jackson, Mississippi. Civil process and courthouse security at 102 East Laurel are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at the Tennessee line. Remedy for Scottsboro Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when the river comes up is this count first.
Care without inventing a river-gorge chapel as this county
A peace order served in Stevenson. A transport from 545 Parks Avenue to 102 East Laurel without becoming Scottsboro Police. Do not invent a church. Do not invent Bridgeport as this badge.
What Jackson actually watches
Court calendar on East Laurel. A wreck on U.S. 72. High water on the Tennessee River. Fog on a plateau road toward Skyline. A night road outside Hollywood. Coordination with Scottsboro PD, Bridgeport PD, Stevenson PD, and ALEA without becoming those departments. Coordination with DeKalb’s Sheriff or Madison’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger. A Mississippi photograph does not steal the seat. A Bridgeport postcard does not steal the hall.
Scottsboro snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Scottsboro · Large city (also the hall): Scottsboro · Old seat (not the hall now): Bellefonte · Capital of Alabama: Montgomery
- Government: chair at large · four district Commissioners · Commission 102 East Laurel, Suite 47 · courthouse 102 East Laurel
- Sheriff: four years · 2026 · patrol and jail at 545 Parks Avenue
- Court / Absentee: 102 East Laurel Street · HQ (SOS): 102 East Laurel Street
- Neighbors: Tennessee · Dade County, Georgia · DeKalb · Marshall · Madison
- Not Jackson County, Mississippi · Not Bridgeport as the hall · Not Stevenson as the hall · Not Scottsboro PD as this Sheriff
What Scottsboro is not, as this county
- Not Jackson, Mississippi. Not Jackson County, Florida. Not Bridgeport as the hall.
- Not Stevenson as the hall. Not Bellefonte as the hall now. Not Huntsville as this county government.
- Not Scottsboro Police as this Sheriff. Not a Mississippi-capitol postcard as the hall.
- Not a campaign flyer.