Local Wiki
Jackson County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 15, 2026- Board of Commissioners meets
- First and third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Jackson County Courthouse, Commissioners' Board Room, 405 Fourth Street, Jackson, MN 56143.
- Recorder
- 507-847-2580
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.co.jackson.mn.us/departments/commissioners/
- Chair, County Board of Commissioners
- 5-member County Board of Commissioners. 2026 Chair: Don Wachal, confirmed (succeeding 2025 chair Roger Pohlman). Administrator's Office: 507-847-4182. Courthouse: 507-847-2763.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Heron Lake-Okabena School District · School District
- Jackson County Central School Dist. · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Alpha · City
- Heron Lake (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Jackson (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Lakefield (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Okabena · City
- Wilder · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026