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Completed in 1916 under the supervision of architect Oscar Wenderoth, [1] the United States Congress renamed the building for John Kilkenny, [4] a former judge of the District of Oregon and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1984.
Jackson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 223,259. [1] The county seat is Medford. [2] [3] The county is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [4] Jackson County comprises the Medford, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
By 1910, the monthly postal receipts had increased from the initial $2–$3 to over $2,000. On October 2, 1910, the Medford Daily Tribune reported that "No better criterion of city's growth can be named than its postal receipts." That same year congress had appropriated $110,000 for a new U.S. Post Office and Courthouse.
The United States Post Office building in Scappoose, Oregon, is the current post office serving the local community (as of 2016) and a recognized historic structure. Built in 1966, it is an essentially intact example of the "Thousand Series" facilities [ a ] built under the direction of the Post Office Department in the late 1950s and the 1960s.
The Jackson County Courthouse is a former county courthouse in Jacksonville, Oregon, United States, built in 1883. [2] The courthouse is a contributing property of the Jacksonville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [ 3 ]
In a joint statement, Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. commended the sheriff for “significant progress” meant to protect sheriff’s department employees as well as county residents.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced via a Thursday press release that the department will provide "technical assistance" to the Jackson Police Department and the Hinds County Coroner's Office ...
William W. Willitts, who with his wife had persisted in seeking the post office, was the first postmaster. [4] Before this, the Willitts and others in Persist got their mail by going to Trail along a 22-mile (35 km) trail or to Prospect along a 10-mile (16 km) trail. [ 4 ]