Jackson Springs, North Carolina facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jackson Springs, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Jackson Springs, North Carolina Location in North Carolina Show map of North Carolina Jackson Springs, North Carolina Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Moore
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	910
GNIS feature ID	987498

"Jackson Springs Mineral Water CURES" ad in 1902

Jackson Springs is an unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. In the early 1900s Jackson Springs was a bustling community, complete with a grand hotel, drugstore, train depot, bowling alley, and various other businesses. The town had become famous for its flowing springs of mineral water which many believed had therapeutic qualities. "Cures dyspepsia and other stomach troubles; diseases of the kidney, and rheumatism." The springs helped give the town notoriety as a health resort.

Notable people

• North Carolina State Senator Harris Blake was born in Jackson Springs.

• Sean Pollard, center for the Baltimore Ravens