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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.

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.

Lake Jackson city overview:
Name:	Lake Jackson city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Brazoria County
Elevation:	13 ft (4 m)
Total Area:	21.22 sq mi (54.95 km²)
Land Area:	19.74 sq mi (51.13 km²)
Water Area:	1.48 sq mi (3.82 km²)
Total Population:	28,177
Population Density:	1,378.93/sq mi (532.40/km²)
ZIP code:	77566
Area code:	979
FIPS code:	4840588
GNISfeature ID:	1360850
Website:	www.lakejackson-tx.gov

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History

The city was built in the early 1940s as a planned community, designed by Alden B. Dow of Midland, Michigan for workers in support of a new plant of the Dow Chemical Company, which his father owned. The City of Lake Jackson was incorporated March 14, 1944, and voted for home rule ten years later in 1954.

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Geography

The city of Lake Jackson is located in south-central Brazoria County, and is bordered to the east by the cities of Clute and Richwood, and to the southwest by the Brazos River. Texas State Highway 288, the Nolan Ryan Expressway, runs through the city, leading 10 miles (16 km) north to Angleton, the county seat, 52 miles (84 km) north to downtown Houston, and 9 miles (14 km) southeast to Freeport on the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lake Jackson has a total area of 20.9 square miles (54.2 km), of which 19.5 square miles (50.4 km) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km), or 7.11%, is water.