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'''Jackson''' is the county seat of and second-largest city of [[Cape Girardeau County, Missouri|Cape Girardeau County]], [[Missouri]]. It is one of the larger cities in Southeast Missouri, with a population of 13,758 at the 2010 census.
The first city to be named for general and later President [[Andrew Jackson]], Jackson has long been important as a seat of county government. Its proximity to the larger city of [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]], for which it serves as a bedroom community of sorts, has made it one of the fastest-growing cities in the region.