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Jackson is the capital of Mississippi and also is one of 2 county seats of Hinds County. Named after General Andrew Jackson, it was established in 1821 to be the state capital. After the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863, General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union forces captured Jackson and also destroyed it. There was a gas boom in the 1920s, and it's nicknamed "The City with Soul."
The Jackson area has a populace of 579,332. It belonged to the Choctaw Indians at one time. Mississippi Choctaw are now part of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and also live in numerous Native-American communities in the state.
The initial European inhabitant was Louis LeFleur, and Jackson was initially called LeFleur's Bluff. In 1821, a state-commissioned report said LeFleur's Bluff was a beautiful location and had lots of water and timber and accessibility to the Natchez Trail. The area after that ended up being the seat of state government. It was plated in 1822 in a grid pattern, and also city blocks include many parks. The railway was built through Jackson in 1840, which stimulated development after the War Between the States.
Jackson was a manufacturing center for the Confederacy throughout the Civil War, making it a target of Union forces in 1863. Considering that the city was ruined, few antebellum buildings have endured. However, the Governor's Mansion, the Old Capitol, and the Jackson City Hall remain.
After the Civil War, financial recuperation was sluggish. Mule-drawn streetcars ended up being electrical in 1899. A new capitol building was constructed in 1903.
Born in Jackson in 1909, writer Eudora Welty won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for, "The Optimist's Daughter." The Jackson Public Library was named after her, and her residence is a National Historic Landmark. Jackson experienced a boom in the very early 20th century, and also a brand-new Union Terminal was built. The King Edward Hotel opened up in 1923 and was a facility for distinguished occasions. The 1919 Standard Life Building set the record for the biggest reinforced concrete building at the time.
Gas fields were found in 1930 leading to an additional boom that minimized the results of the Great Depression. This industry tailed off in 1955.
Throughout Mississippi's prolonged Prohibition, alcohol consumption and also gambling prospered on the opposite side of the river in Flowood's Gold Coast. Those organizations shut down when Mississippi legalized alcohol in 1966. The state allowed riverboat gaming in 1990, and numerous casinos have actually opened up.
Hawkins Field ended up being an important U.S. Army airbase in World War Two, housing the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School after Nazi Germany overran the Netherlands.
Jackson was a vital hub of civil rights protests in the '60s and also was the terminus of the James Meredith March. Meredith was the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. The very first lung transplant took place at the U of Mississippi Medical Facility in 1963. Malaco Records calls Jackson its home base and also is a leader in gospel, blues, and soul. Paul Simon recorded at Malaco in 1973.
Harvey Johnson, Jr. came to be Jackson's first African-American mayor in 1997, and also he was a champion for the Convention Center. Jackson was denoted as one of the 10 friendliest cities in the USA in 2013.
Jackson is in Hinds County and some parts of Madison and Rankin counties. The eastern line is the Pearl River. It's bordered on the north by Ridgeland, on the east by Flowood as well as Richland, the south by Byram and the west by Clinton. It has an overall landmass of 113.2 square miles and also is drained by the Big Black as well as Pearl Rivers.
Jackson rests on top of a dead volcano that's 2,900 feet below the earth. The buried peak is under the Mississippi Coliseum. Jackson-Evers International Airport has non-stop service to six cities.
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