Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
	State caipital
	City of Jackson
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	Nickname(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 Ward 1: Ashby Foote; Ward 2: Melvin Priester, Jr.; Ward 3: Kenneth Stokes; Ward 4: De'Keither Stamps; Ward 5: Charles H. Tillman; Ward 6: Tyrone Hendrix; Ward 7: Margaret C. Barrett-Simon;
• Chief o Polis	Lee Vance (interim)
Area
• State caipital	276.7 km2 (106.8 sq mi)
• Land	271.7 km2 (104.9 sq mi)
• Water	5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Population (2010)
• State caipital	173,514
• Estimate (2013)	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
Aurie code(s)	601, 769
FIPS code	28-36000
GNIS featur ID	0711543
Wabsteid	City of Jackson
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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 2014-09-10.
↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ 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