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About Jackson

Jackson is a city and county seat of Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,299 at the 2010 census. == History == For centuries, many indigenous peoples called this area home, including the Cheyenne, Ioway, and Dakota tribes. In 1851, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux opened the region to white settlement in exchange for payments from the government. Jackson was originally called Springfield, and under the latter name was laid out in 1856. The first settlers in what is now Jackson County - William, George, and Charles Wood - established a trading post near the Des Moines River, around the same time. A post office called Jackson has been in operation since 1858.On March 26, 1857 the Wahpekute Dakota Chief Inkpaduta and his band attacked the settlement heading north after the Spirit Lake Massacre. There were 11 able bodied men in Springfield and three men, three children and one woman died as a result. Lost to the raiders were 12 horses, dry goods, lead and powder. The sole survivor of the Spirit Lake attack was 14 year old Abbie Gardner and was present.