Lake Jackson, Texas

Lake Jackson, Texas
City
Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall
Location in Brazoria County in the state of Texas
Coordinates: 29°2′13″N 95°26′18″W / 29.03694°N 95.43833°W / 29.03694; -95.43833
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Brazoria
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• City Council	Mayor Bob Sipple Heather Melass Will Brooks Glenda V Mendoza Scott Schwertner Jon 'JB' Baker
• City Manager	William P. Yenne
Area [1]
• Total	21.22 sq mi (54.95 km2)
• Land	19.74 sq mi (51.13 km2)
• Water	1.48 sq mi (3.82 km2)
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	28,177
• Density	1,378.93/sq mi (532.40/km2)
Time zone	UTC–6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP code	77566
Area code	979
FIPS code	48-40588[2]
GNIS feature ID	1360850[3]
Website	www.lakejackson-tx.gov

Lake Jackson is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Greater Houston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,177.^[4]

In 1942 a portion of Lake Jackson was first developed as a company town for workers of the Dow Chemical Company; it developed 5,000 acres on the former Abner Jackson Plantation. An oxbow lake was also named after the planter, whose house was located at the lake. Minor ruins of the Lake Jackson Plantation can now be seen in a park at the site.