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Welcome to Jackson ...The city of Jackson is located in Jackson County<1> and is the County Seat for Jackson County. Jackson was established in 1829. When the people of Jackson refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Jacksonian<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Jackson has a population of 32,411 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Jackson is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Jackson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Jackson: (517) The ZIP codes for Jackson: 49201-49204<5> The city of Jackson was previously named Jacksonopolis. Going back to its beginning, Jackson was originally named Jacksonburg. For more information about the names of Jackson, see The Names of Jackson on our Genealogy Page. Websites for Jackson ...Official Website: www.cityofjackson.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.gjcc.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Jackson had an population of 32,411 people. This is a decrease of 3.35% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.75% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Jackson had a population of 33,534 people (which is 20.94% of the total population of Jackson County). This makes Jackson the county's most populous community. The population of Jackson represents 0.34% of the total population of Michigan (which has 9,883,640 people), making it the state's 33rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 33,534 people, the population of Jackson decreased 7.66% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 36,316 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Jackson. Communities Also Named Jackson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Michigan communities named Jackson: This one is located in Jackson County and the other is located in Marquette County. Beyond Michigan, there are 73 communities that are also named Jackson - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), California, Colorado, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey (3), New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (7), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Virginia, Washington (2), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jackson. Communities near Jackson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jackson.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jackson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jackson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jackson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jackson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jackson. Our list includes 30 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Jackson. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jackson ...Looking for more information about Jackson? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Jackson, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Jackson. Adding Jackson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jackson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jackson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Jackson in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Jackson. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Jackson: www.cityofjackson.org/ The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mi.us/ The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/ Footnotes ...
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