Jacktown, sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Osborn" [1](another small settlement along the same railroad a few miles west of Jacktown) was a small village in Empire Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, United States located off Oviatt/County Line Road near Empire in the early 1900s.
All that is left of Jacktown is the old abandoned railroad grade and a few basements and foundations of houses and other buildings.
Many of the local elderly in the area still remember Jacktown and/or stories of it, however, most information been lost with time.
The Bland Cemetery is located near the clearing where Jacktown used to be, with many former residents buried there.
Jacktown is a chapter subject in the book Ghost Towns of Michigan written by local historian Lawrence (Larry) Wakefield of Traverse City.