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Jackson is a home rule-class city〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform )〕 in Breathitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 2,231 according to the 2010 U.S. census. It was the home of the Jackson Academy, which became Lees College. ==History== Upon the creation of Breathitt County in 1839, local landowner Simon Cockrell Sr. donated to serve as its seat of government. The community was originally known as Breathitt, Breathitt Town, or Breathitt Court House after the county, but upon its incorporation as a city by the state legislature in 1845,〔Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Jackson, Kentucky". Accessed 1 Aug 2013.〕 it was renamed Jackson to honor the recently deceased former president Andrew Jackson.〔Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', (p. 151 ). University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.〕〔''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', (p. 459 ). "Jackson". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1992. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.〕 Local feuds led the national press to publish stories about Jackson and "Bloody Breathitt": state troops were dispatched twice in the 1870s and again in 1903 after the assassination of a U.S. commissioner to restore order.〔 The Kentucky Union Railroad reached the city in 1891, and Jackson boomed until the L&N continued the line on to Hazard in 1912. A fire on Halloween, 1913, burned down much of the town.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackson, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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