Jackson, Georgia
Jackson, Georgia Location in Butts County and the state of Georgia Location in Butts County and the state of Georgia Jackson is a town/city in Butts County, Georgia, United States.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Butts County. The populace was 5,045 at the 2010 census, up from 3,934 at the 2000 census.
Founded in 1826, Jackson began as a 303-acre (1.23 km2) plot purchased for the purpose of starting the town.
Swift of Newton County, Georgia.
The various schools throughout the county merged into one central school fitness positioned in Jackson, and the schools desegregated in 1968.
Jackson is positioned in the center of Butts County at 33 17 37 N 83 57 45 W. It is 46 miles (74 km) southeast of downtown Atlanta.
The center of populace of Georgia is positioned 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Jackson near the Butts County/Newton County line. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.3 square miles (16.2 km2), of which 6.2 square miles (16.1 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.50%, is water. Jackson is governed by an propel town/city council of five members, each representing a precinct of the city.
The current mayor of Jackson is Kay Pippin, who was propel in 2013. The town/city government is established by means of the City Charter.
Most recently, the Netflix initial series Stranger Things made Jackson the locale of the show's setting in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, turning the downtown region into a small town from the 1980s.
Exterior recording locations encompassed the downtown (with some buildings freshly painted for recording), a furniture store (standing in for a cinema exterior), and the Butts County Probate court. The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison of the Georgia Department of Corrections is a maximum security prison in unincorporated Butts County about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Jackson.
It is home to Georgia's death row and execution facility. The prison is also home to maximum security general populace (non-death row).
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,472, and the median income for a family was $34,773.
Butts County School District The Butts County School District, grades pre-school to twelve, consists of three elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The precinct has 184 full-time teachers and over 3,370 students. Jackson Elementary School Jackson High School United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jackson city, Georgia".
"Centers of Population by State: 2010".
"Jackson elects Kay Pippin mayor".
"Georgia Locations for Netflix's 'Stranger Things'".
Georgia's small suburbs outside of Atlanta, including Douglasville, Conyers, Jackson, Winston and Fayetteville, easily pass for the Midwest, and Jackson's endured downtown isn't a far stretch from 1983 Hawkins on film.
"Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Archived 2010-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.." "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 1, 2010.
School Stats, Retrieved June 1, 2010.
City of Jackson official website Municipalities and communities of Butts County, Georgia, United States County seat: Jackson
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