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Jackson
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seat of Jackson County, Michigan, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Jackson
- Incorporated
- 1843 (village) 1857 (city)
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Courtney Hayes
- Manager
- Nicholas Hastings
- Clerk
- Andrea Muray
- City
- 10.96 sq mi (28.38 km )
- Land
- 10.84 sq mi (28.07 km )
- Water
- 0.12 sq mi (0.30 km )
- Elevation
- 932 ft (284 m)
- Density
- 2,889/sq mi (1,115.4/km )
- Metro
- 160,366 (US: 264th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 49201–49204
- Fips code
- 26-41420
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Jackson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jackson County
- Population
- 31309
- Area
- 28.445272
- Elevation
- 284
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Jackson County
- Shares border with
- Lansing
- Official website
- www.cityofjackson.org
- Image
- Downtown Jackson, Michigan.jpg
- Households
- 13467
- Dialing code
- 517
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- twinned administrative body
- Varel
- Commons category
- Jackson, Michigan
- topic's main category
- Category:Jackson, Michigan
- inception
- 1829-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Jackson, Michigan
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jackson, Michigan
- postal code
- 49204
- water as percent of area
- 1.0768
- per capita income
- 20776
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,309 at the 2020 census. It is served by Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127. It is approximately 65 miles (105 km) east of Kalamazoo, 35 miles (56 km) west of Ann Arbor, 75 miles (121 km) west of Detroit and 35 miles (56 km) south of Lansing. Jackson is the core city of the Jackson metropolitan area, which includes all of Jackson County and has a population of 160,248.
The city was founded in 1829 and named after President Andrew Jackson. Michigan's first prison, Michigan State Prison (or Jackson State Prison), opened in 1838 and remains in operation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.