Jackson Purchase

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geographic region region

The Jackson Purchase is a region in far western Kentucky, bordered by the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee rivers, known for its flat, fertile farmland and historical acquisition from the Chickasaw Nation in the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jackson Purchase canonical 5
Jackson Purchase of 1818 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
acquiredFrom Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Chickasaw people
acquisitionMethod treaty ⓘ
acquisitionType land cession ⓘ
borderedBy Illinois ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Ballard County ⓘ
Carlisle County ⓘ
Fulton County ⓘ
Graves County ⓘ
Hickman County ⓘ
Marshall County ⓘ
McCracken County ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Mississippi River basin ⓘ
economicActivity row-crop agriculture ⓘ
enteredUnionAsPartOf Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
highestPoint near Kentucky–Tennessee border ridges ⓘ
historicalEra early 19th century ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
fertile farmland ⓘ
flat terrain ⓘ
largestCity Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
locatedIn Kentucky ⓘ
far western Kentucky ⓘ
lowestPoint Mississippi River valley ⓘ
surface form: Mississippi River floodplain
majorCity Paducah, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
majorCrops corn ⓘ
soybeans ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
namedAfter Andrew Jackson ⓘ
partOf Western Kentucky ⓘ
physiographicRegion Gulf Coastal Plain ⓘ
Mississippi Embayment ⓘ
preColumbianInhabitants Chickasaw Nation ⓘ
primaryLandUse farming ⓘ
soilType alluvial soils ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
treatyName Treaty of Tuscaloosa ⓘ
treatySignedIn 1818 ⓘ
U.S.Negotiator Andrew Jackson ⓘ
Isaac Shelby ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kentucky → hasLandform → Jackson Purchase ⓘ
Western Kentucky → hasCulturalRegion → Jackson Purchase ⓘ
Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky → historicalEvent → Jackson Purchase ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jackson Purchase of 1818
Calvert City, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Jackson Purchase ⓘ
Hendron, Kentucky → countrySubdivision → Jackson Purchase ⓘ
Murray, Kentucky → locatedInRegion → Jackson Purchase ⓘ