Jackson Township
Jackson Township is a township in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. Organized in 1858, Jackson Township's population was 1,616 at the 2020 census. While the origin of its name is not recorded, it is most likely named after President Andrew Jackson.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 1,620 residents
- Description: township in Scott County, Minnesota
- Also known as: “Jackson Township, Scott County, Minnesota” and “Township of Jackson”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holmes Street Bridge and St. Francis Regional Medical Center.
Holmes Street Bridge
Bridge
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The Holmes Street Bridge, also known the Holmes Street Pedestrian Bridge, Old Shakopee Bridge, or Bridge 4175, is a historic truss bridge over the Minnesota River in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. Holmes Street Bridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Jackson Township.
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Hospital
St. Francis Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit regional medical center located on the southwestern edge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Shakopee, Minnesota. St. Francis Regional Medical Center is situated 2½ miles east of Jackson Township.
Shakopee Bridge
Bridge
The Shakopee Bridge is a four-lane vehicular bridge crossing the Minnesota River between Chanhassen and downtown Shakopee. The bridge carries Scott County Road 101 traffic across the bridge. Shakopee Bridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Jackson Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shakopee and Chaska.
Shakopee
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Shakopee is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States. It is southwest of Minneapolis. Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, with 3.7 million people.
Chaska
Town
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The Twin Cities of Minnesota constitute the political, cultural, and economic capital of the Upper Midwest, and along with the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit metropolitan areas, the core of the North Coast region of the United States. Chaska is situated 2½ miles northwest of Jackson Township.
Carver
Village
Carver is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Located along the Minnesota River, the population was 5,829 at the 2020 census. The city is named after early explorer Jonathan Carver. Carver is situated 3½ miles west of Jackson Township.
Jackson Township
- Category: township of Minnesota
- Location: Scott, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Jackson Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “傑克遜鎮區 (明尼蘇達州斯科特縣)”
- Chinese: “傑克遜鎮區”
- German: “Jackson Township”
- Russian: “Джэксон”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Jackson”
- Turkish: “Jackson (kasaba)”
- Turkish: “Jackson (Minnesota)”
- Turkish: “Jackson kasabası”
- Turkish: “Jackson Township (Minnesota)”
- Turkish: “Jackson Township, Minnesota”
- Turkish: “Jackson Township”
- Turkish: “Jackson, Minnesota”
- Urdu: “جیکسن ٹاؤنشپ، سکوت کاؤنٹی، منیسوٹا”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Jackson, Minnesota”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Jackson, Quận Scott, Minnesota”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Jackson”
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Highlights include Tahpah Park and Shakopee Commons Shopping Center.
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