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Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas. The population was 13,868 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical Area. Jacksonville began in 1847 as the town of Gum Creek. Jackson Smith built a home and blacksmith shop in the area, and became postmaster in 1848. Shortly afterward, Dr. William Jackson established an office near Smith's shop. When the townsite was laid out in 1850, the name Jacksonville was chosen in honor of these two men. Jacksonvile is hometown to country music singers Lee Ann Womack and Neal McCoy, Oakland Raiders quarterback Josh McCown, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Luke McCown. www.jacksonvilletexas.com