Jacksonville New York Map

About Jacksonville, New York

Jacksonville is a locality in Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 516. The population density is 55.2 people per km². Jacksonville is located at 42.5061°N, 76.6188°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 13135, 14854, 14886.

Jacksonville emerges from the muted, gray-toned landscape of the upstate interior, where the land settles into a quiet series of slopes and depressions that hold the morning mist until well past noon. It lies 2.0 miles east-northeast of Lysander, NY (from Lysander, NY: bearing 73°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northwest of Van Buren. The air here feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling timber, a sensory weight that anchors the horizon far from any distant, hazy summits of the Appalachian Mountains. Near the edge of the local geography, the Mud Lake Inlet cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil, its dark water moving with a sluggish, deliberate intent toward the wider reaches of the regional watershed. Beyond the immediate tree lines, the terrain yields to the low, marshy expanse of Beaver Meadow, where the light at dusk turns a bruised violet, lingering over the grasses in a way that suggests the stillness of a place waiting for the seasons to turn.

Jacksonville maintains a rhythm defined less by the frantic pace of the coast and more by the steady, cyclical demands of a landscape that has long supported local agriculture and small-scale trade. Life here is punctuated by the presence of the Oswego Canal, which serves as a reminder of the industrial arteries that once dictated the movement of goods through this rural corridor. While Walter Island sits isolated in the middle of Cross Lake, providing a silent, forested anchor for the local horizon, the residents of Jacksonville look toward the distant, saline influence of Cornells Cove as a conceptual boundary rather than a destination. The economy remains tethered to these modest natural assets, favoring a slow, deliberate engagement with the land that values the endurance of the winter thaw over the fleeting prosperity of more densely packed regions.

About This Jacksonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jacksonville, New York. Coordinates: 42.506099, -76.618788. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jacksonville includes the ZIP code (13135, 14854, 14886), telephone area code (315, 607), county seat of Onondaga County (Syracuse), and school district assignment (Trumansburg Central School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.