Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 40 miles (60 km) west of Ann Arbor. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 36,316. It is the principal city of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Jackson County.
It was founded in 1829, and named after Democratic President Andrew Jackson.
On July 3, 1829, Horace Blackm...
more
Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 40 miles (60 km) west of Ann Arbor. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 36,316. It is the principal city of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Jackson County.
It was founded in 1829, and named after Democratic President Andrew Jackson.
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 S. 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 (65 ha) at two dollars an acre. Blackman returned to Jackson in August, 1829, with his brother Russell. Together they cleared land and built a cabin,...
less
