UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 24, 2010
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                           JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Maryland                         333-165466             36-4670835
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(State or Other Jurisdiction)       (Commission File No.)      (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


1211 West Morton Avenue, Jacksonville, Illinois                      62650
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (217) 245-4111
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                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 8.01   Other Events
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     On  May  24,  2010,  Jacksonville  Bancorp,  Inc.,  a  Federal  corporation
("Jacksonville  Bancorp-Federal")  announced that Jacksonville Bancorp,  Inc., a
Maryland  corporation  ("Jacksonville  Bancorp-Maryland"),  the proposed holding
company for  Jacksonville  Savings  Bank,  and  Jacksonville  Bancorp,  MHC have
received  conditional approval from the Office of Thrift Supervision to commence
its second step conversion and offering. Jacksonville Bancorp-Federal also today
announced that the registration  statement  relating to the sale of common stock
of Jacksonville  Bancorp-Maryland  was declared  effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

     A copy of the press  release  dated May 24, 2010,  is filed as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(a)         No financial statements of businesses acquired are required.

(b)         No pro forma financial information is required.

(c)         Not applicable.

(d)         99.1    Press Release dated May 24, 2010






                                    SIGNATURE
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Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                        JACKSONVILLE BANCORP, INC.


DATE:  May 24, 2010                 By: /s/ Richard A. Foss
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                                        Richard A. Foss
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer






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99.1          Press Release dated May 24, 2010