The Macun Tombs of the Duan family, known for their extravagant interior wall reliefs, were discovered in Macun village in the county.{{cite book In 1960, Jishan County was noted as a model county in the
Four Pests campaign.{{cite book In April 2007, three officials in Jishan county (Nan Huirong, Xue Zhijing and Yang Qinyu) criticized County
CCP Secretary Li Runshan in a writing circulated to local government departments. They were arrested ten days later and subsequently appeared in handcuffs at a "public warning meeting" attended by more than five hundred local officials.{{cite book ==Administrative Divisions==