Jackson Purchase
| Jackson Purchase | |
|---|---|
| Territorial acquisition | |
Counties comprising the Jackson Purchase region | |
| Demonym | Chickasaw |
| Area | |
| Area transferred | |
| • 1818 | Western Kentucky, West Tennessee, from The Chickasaw Nation |
• 2020 | 6,202.5 km2 (2,394.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2020 | 196,876 |
| Status | Former disputed territory |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal & State |
| U.S. negotiator | |
• 1818 | General Andrew Jackson |
| U.S. negotiator | |
• 1818 | Ex-governor Isaac Shelby |
| Historical era | Westward 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 | |
| • Type | Counties |
| • Units | |
| Today part of | Western 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.