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Jackson, Mississippi (13 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Cities in Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The largest municipality by land area is Jackson, which spans 111.05 sq mi (287.6 km 2), while Sidon is the smallest, at 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km 2). [1] The city of Natchez is the oldest municipality in Mississippi, incorporated on March 10, 1803, and the city of Gluckstadt is the state's newest municipality, incorporated in June 2021. [3] [4]
During the American Civil War, the building was used as a hospital and was left standing by Federal troops despite heavy damage inflicted on other buildings throughout Jackson. [3] Speculation was that General Sherman , a Freemason , spared the building because it housed a Masonic Lodge , though a more likely reason is that it housed an army ...
The highway maintains eight to ten lanes in northern part of city, six lanes in the center and south of I-20. Interstate 20 Runs east-west from near El Paso, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina. Jackson is roughly halfway between Dallas, and Atlanta. The highway is six lanes from Interstate 220 to MS 468 in Pearl. Interstate 220
St. Dominic's Ambulatory Surgery Center - 176 (54) 14 1973 Tallest building outside of Downtown Jackson. 12 Hilton Hotel Jackson - 176 (54) 14 1985 Second-tallest building outside of Downtown Jackson. 13 One Jackson Place: 176 (54) 14 1987 14 Woolfolk State Office Building: 169 (52) 16 1949 15 King Edward Hotel (Jackson, Mississippi) 156 (48 ...
The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, built in 1962 and located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds complex. The arena has 6,812 seats available for basketball, and can be expanded to 10,000 for concerts. It sits 2900 feet (884 meters) atop the extinct Jackson Volcano.
Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city. [4]
William L. Sharkey (1798–1873), 25th Governor of Mississippi and Mississippi Supreme Court justice 3,336: 435.3 sq mi (1,127 km 2) Simpson County: 127: Mendenhall: SI: 1824: Formed from Copiah County: Josiah Simpson, Mississippi Territory judge and delegate to the 1817 Mississippi Constitutional Convention [25] 25,715: 590.5 sq mi (1,529 km 2 ...