Jackson, Michigan

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city

Jackson, Michigan is a mid-sized city in south-central Michigan historically notable as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the 1850s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
areaCode	517 →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
county	Jackson County, Michigan →
demographicsCharacteristic	mid-sized city population by Michigan standards →
distanceFrom	about 35 miles south of Lansing, Michigan → about 40 miles west of Ann Arbor, Michigan → about 70 miles west of Detroit, Michigan →
elevation	approximately 932 feet above sea level →
FIPSCode	26-41420 →
foundingDate	1829 →
GNISFeatureID	1620335 →
governingBody	Jackson City Council →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasAttraction	The Cascades (illuminated man-made waterfalls) →
hasCorrectionalFacilities	multiple Michigan Department of Corrections prisons nearby →
hasHistoricRole	early center of railroad development in Michigan → site of 19th-century political organizing →
hasInstitution	Jackson College (nearby in Jackson County) →
hasMuseum	Ella Sharp Museum (in Jackson, Michigan) →
hasPark	Cascades Falls Park →
hasPublicTransit	Jackson Area Transportation Authority (JATA) →
hasRailStation	Jackson Amtrak station →
hasRecreationFacility	Ella Sharp Park →
hasSportsFacility	Jackson Speedway (nearby motorsports facility) →
hasTransportation	Amtrak Wolverine service →
historicalIndustry	automotive parts → manufacturing → railroad equipment →
historicallyNotableFor	birthplace of the Republican Party →
incorporatedAsCity	1857 →
incorporatedAsVillage	1843 →
isCountySeatOf	Jackson County, Michigan →
locatedIn	south-central Michigan →
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area →
locatedOn	Grand River watershed →
majorHighway	Interstate 94 → Michigan State Highway 50 → U.S. Route 127 NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Andrew Jackson →
politicalEvent	early Republican Party convention in 1854 →
postalCodePrefix	492 →
region	Midwestern United States →
state	Michigan →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Grand River (Michigan) →	cityOnRiver
Michigan (most of state) →	contains
Grand River (Michigan) →	flowsThrough
Republican Party →	foundedIn
The Cascades ("downtown Jackson, Michigan") →	near
Jackson Area Transportation Authority ("City of Jackson (Michigan)") →	operatedBy
Potter Stewart ("Jackson, Michigan, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Jackson Speedway (near Jackson, Michigan) ("city of Jackson, Michigan") →	proximityTo
Ella Sharp Museum ("Jackson, Michigan region") →	servesCommunity