Jackson, Michigan

E13397

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Jackson, Michigan canonical	28
Jackson, Michigan, United States	4
City of Jackson, Michigan	2
City of Jackson (Michigan)	1
Jackson (Michigan)	1
Jackson, Michigan area	1
Jackson, Michigan metropolitan area	1
Jackson, Michigan region	1
city of Jackson, Michigan	1
downtown Jackson, Michigan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ
areaCode	517 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ
namedAfter	Andrew Jackson ⓘ
politicalEvent	early Republican Party convention in 1854 ⓘ
postalCodePrefix	492 ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
state	Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Republican Party → foundedIn → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

Michigan (most of state) → contains → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

Potter Stewart → placeOfBirth → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jackson, Michigan, United States

Grand River (Michigan) → flowsThrough → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

Grand River (Michigan) → cityOnRiver → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

The Cascades (illuminated man-made waterfalls) → locatedIn → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: The Cascades

The Cascades (illuminated man-made waterfalls) → near → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ

subject surface form: The Cascades

this entity surface form: downtown Jackson, Michigan

Jackson Area Transportation Authority (JATA) → locatedIn → Jackson, Michigan ⓘ