Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi | |
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State caipital | |
| City of Jackson | |
 Images tap, left tae richt: Mississippi State Capitol, Old Mississippi State Capitol, Lamar Life Building, Mississippi Governor's Mansion | |
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| Eik-name(s): "Crossroads of the South" | |
| Motto(s): "City with Soul" | |
 Locatit primarily in Hinds Coonty, Mississippi | |
  Jackson, Mississippi Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′56″N 90°11′05″W / 32.29889°N 90.18472°WCoordinates: 32°17′56″N 90°11′05″W / 32.29889°N 90.18472°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States o Americae |
| State |  Mississippi |
| Coonties | Hinds, Madison, Rankin |
| Incorporation | 1821 |
| Named for | Andrew Jackson |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Strang Mayor-Cooncil |
| • Mayor | Tony Yarber (D) |
| • Ceety cooncil | Members
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| • Chief o Polis | Lee Vance (interim) |
| Area | |
| • State caipital | 276.7 km2 (106.8 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 271.7 km2 (104.9 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| Population | |
| • State caipital | 173,514 |
| • Estimate (2013)[2] | 172,638 |
| • Rank | US: 138t |
| • Urban | 351,478 (US: 107t) |
| • Metro | 576,382 (US: 93rd) |
| Demonym(s) | Jacksonian |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 39200-39299 |
| Area code(s) | 601, 769 |
| FIPS code | 28-36000 |
| GNIS featur ID | 0711543[3] |
| Website | City of Jackson |
| For additional city data see City-Data | |
Jackson is the caipital o an the lairgest ceety in the U.S. state o Mississippi. It is locatit primarily in Hinds Coonty, servin as ane o twa coonty seats thare; segments o the ceety owerlap Madison Coonty an Rankin Coonty. Jackson is on the Pearl River, which drains intae the Gulf o Mexico, an it is pairt o the Jackson Prairie region o the state.[4][5] The ceety is namit after General Andrew Jackson, who wis honored for his role in the Battle o New Orleans durin the Weir o 1812 an later servit as U.S. Preses.
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- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ Lowe, E.N. (1915). "Mississippi, its geology, geography, soils and mineral resources". Mississippi Geological Survey Bulletin 12. Jackson: Tucker Printing House. p. 28.
- ↑ Moore, William H. (1965). "Hinds County Geology and Mineral Resources". Bulletin 105 Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey. Jackson: Tucker Printing House. p. 33
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