Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capitol of Mississippi and also the most populated city. Jackson is named after Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, due to his victory in The Battle of New Orleans.

Jackson has a humid subtropical climate with very hot, humid summers and mild winters. The majority of Jacksons rainfall is during thunderstorms.Jackson is located on the Pearl river.

Jackson was once a trading post operated by a French-Canadian trader named Louis LeFleur and was actually once called Lefleur's Bluff. On November 28, 1821 a legislative act authorized Jackson to be the permanent location of government for the state and ordered it to be named Jackson. Jackson was burned three times by Union troops during the Civil War

1. Jackson sits on top of an extinct volcano
2. The first human lung transplant was performed in Jackson in 1963
3. Home to several telecommunications cooperations
4. One of the county seats of Hinds County
5. Slogan: City with a soul
6. First linked to other cities by train in 1840
7. Eudora Welty born in Jackson in 1909
8. Richard Wright lived in Jackson as an adolescent
9. Hawkins Field airport became a major air base during WWII
10. In May of 1961, 300 Freedom Riders were arrested for peace disturbance during the Civil Rights Movement