Jackson
Jackson is a home rule-class city in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. The population was 2,237 at the 2020 census. It was the home of the Jackson Academy, which became Lees College.
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.- Type: Town with 1,940 residents
- Description: city in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Jackson (Kentucky)”, “Jackson, Kentucky”, and “Jackson, KY”
- Postal code: 41339
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolverine and Elkatawa.
Wolverine
Hamlet
Wolverine is an unincorporated community and coal town in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Wolverine is situated 2½ miles northwest of Jackson.
Elkatawa
Hamlet
Elkatawa is an unincorporated community and coal town in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Elkatawa is situated 2½ miles west of Jackson.
Quicksand
Hamlet
Quicksand is an unincorporated community located in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Quicksand is situated 2½ miles southeast of Jackson.
Jackson
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Breathitt, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.55347° or 37° 33′ 13″ north
Longitude
-83.38226° or 83° 22′ 56″ west
Population
1,940
Elevation
774 feet (236 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US JS3
Open location code
869RHJ39+93
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Jackson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جاكسون”
- Basque: “Jackson”
- Catalan: “Jackson”
- Cebuano: “Jackson (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Kentucky, Breathitt County)”
- Cebuano: “Jackson”
- Chechen: “Джексон”
- Chinese: “杰克逊”
- Czech: “Jackson”
- Danish: “Jackson”
- Dutch: “Jackson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جاكسون”
- French: “Jackson”
- German: “Jackson”
- Gilaki: “جکسن (کنتاکي)”
- Gilaki: “جکسن”
- Haitian: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Haitian: “Jackson”
- Hungarian: “Jackson”
- Ido: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Ido: “Jackson”
- Irish: “Jackson”
- Italian: “Jackson”
- Japanese: “ジャクソン”
- Kazakh: “Джэксон”
- Kirghiz: “Джэксон”
- Korean: “잭슨”
- Ladin: “Jackson”
- Malagasy: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Malagasy: “Jackson”
- Malayalam: “ജാക്സൺ”
- Mazanderani: “جکسن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jackson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jackson”
- Norwegian: “Jackson”
- Persian: “جکسن، کنتاکی”
- Persian: “جکسن”
- Polish: “Jackson”
- Portuguese: “Jackson”
- Russian: “Джексон”
- Russian: “Джэксон”
- Serbian: “Џексон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jackson”
- Slovak: “Jackson”
- South Azerbaijani: “جکسن، کنتاکی”
- Spanish: “Jackson”
- Swedish: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Swedish: “Jackson”
- Tatar: “Джексон”
- Turkish: “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Turkish: “Jackson”
- Ukrainian: “Джексон”
- Urdu: “جیکسن، کینٹکی”
- Urdu: “جیکسن”
- Uzbek: “Jackson”
- Volapük: “Jackson”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jackson, Kentucky”
- Waray (Philippines): “Jackson”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Panhandle and Noctor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Breathitt County Public Library and Jackson First United Methodist Church.
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Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.
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