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Town of Jackson

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Jackson
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Population: 3,891
Mayor:
Charles E. Coleman (D)
(225) 634-7351


Clerk:
Gloria P. Fontenot
(225) 634-7777
P. O. Box 1150
Jackson, LA 70748


Marshal:
Bill Thomas (D)




East Feliciana
Parish Info


Type of Government: Mayor and Board of Trustees (5) Legislative Charter



1825 College of Orleans fails and state support is shifted to the College of Louisiana in Jackson, Louisiana which will become Centenary College, The college was transferred to the Methodist Church in 1845 and relocated at Shreveport in 1908, Centenary is the oldest privately operated liberal arts college west of the Mississippi.

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