Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 40 miles west of Ann Arbor and 35 miles south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534. It is the principal city of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Jackson County and has a population of 160,248. It was founded in 1829, and named after President Andrew Jackson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.1 square miles , all of it land. On July 3, 1829, Horace... Blackman, accompanied by Alexander Laverty, a land surveyor, and an Indian guide forded the Grand River and made camp for the night at what is now Trail and N. Jackson Street. They arrived in Jackson on a well-traveled Indian trail leading west from Ann Arbor. Blackman hired Laverty and Pewytum to guide him west. Blackman returned to Ann Arbor and then Monroe and registered his claim for 160 acres at two dollars an acre. Blackman returned to Jackson in August 1829, with his brother Russell.
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| County: | Jackson County |
| State: | Michigan |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 33,315 |
| Area: | 11.1 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Jackson, Michigan, Jackson County / Jackson city |