In the extreme northern part of the county, adjoining that of Tioga, lies the Township of Jackson, which was erected in 1824, being taken from Lycoming, which then included all of the northern part of the county. It is the fourteenth in size in the county and has an area of 21,120 acres. It is well watered, several streams running both east and west into Lycoming and Little Pine creeks.

The surface of the township is generally rolling, but there are some good farming sections on the high ground in the north. The southern part is mountainous.

Peter Sechrist was the first settler in 1811 and he was followed soon after by Jacob Beck, Daniel Beck and George Miller.

Education has not been neglected and good schools and ample church accommodations are found in the township. There is only one village, Buttonwood, a United States postoffice, established August 29, 1872, with Henry Weaver, Jr., as its first postmaster. The township has a population of 368.