The
Jackson Purchase, also known as the
Purchase Region or simply
the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of
Kentucky bounded by the
Mississippi River to the west, the
Ohio River to the north, and
Tennessee River to the east. Although officially part of Kentucky at its statehood in 1792, the land did not come under definitive U.S. control until 1818, when
Andrew Jackson purchased it from the
Chickasaw Indians. Historically, this region has been considered the most "Southern" of Kentucky.