Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Jacksonville, OR

Jacksonville is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, about 5 miles west of Medford in the valley of Jackson Creek at the base of Miller Mountain, with ZIP code 97530.

The 2020 census counted 3,020 people in Jacksonville, living in 1,495 households, with a median age of 60.1 years, and 42.1 percent of residents were 65 years of age or older.

Jacksonville was founded following the discovery of gold deposits in 1851-1852, was named for Jackson Creek, and was incorporated in 1860.

With the creation of Jackson County, Jacksonville became the county seat, a role that was transferred to nearby Medford in 1927.

Jacksonville was home to the first Chinatown in Oregon, founded by immigrants from San Francisco, and artifacts from the 1850s and 1860s were uncovered during road work in March 2004.

As the gold deposits were worked out in the 1860s and the railway bypassed Jacksonville in 1884, the city's economy slowed, which preserved many of its buildings, and the Jacksonville Historic District was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1966, covering over 100 buildings.

The city was the principal financial center of southern Oregon until it was bypassed by the Oregon and California Railroad.

Jacksonville is home to the Britt Festival, a seasonal music festival at an open-air amphitheater whose site was selected in 1963 for the acoustic qualities of the surrounding hills, named after pioneer Peter Britt.

The Southern Oregon Historical Society was formed in 1946 to save the 1880s Jackson County Courthouse and opened the Jacksonville Museum there on July 10, 1950.

The 1859 B. F. Dowell House is the oldest Italianate brick residence in Oregon, and the Beekman House, Beekman Bank, and Catholic Rectory are contributing properties of the historic district.