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Jackson is a resort town in Teton County, Wyoming, and it is the county seat and the county's only incorporated municipality, as well as the largest incorporated town in Wyoming.

The population was 10,760 at the 2020 census, with 4,373 households and 4,930 housing units.

The town was named in 1894 for David Edward Jackson, a mountain man who spent a winter on the shores of Jackson Lake, and it was incorporated in 1914.

Jackson is the principal town of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Teton County in Wyoming and Teton County in Idaho.

The town is often called Jackson Hole, the name of the valley in which it sits, between the Teton and Gros Ventre mountain ranges.

In 1920 Jackson elected an all-woman town government, including the mayor and town council, who then appointed women as town marshal, town clerk, and treasurer.

Jackson is a gateway community for Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park, and it is near the ski resorts of Jackson Hole Mountain, Snow King Mountain, and Grand Targhee.

The National Elk Refuge, a wintering ground for elk, lies just north of the town.

Flat Creek, a tributary of the Snake River, runs through the town.

George Washington Memorial Park, the town's Town Square, sits at the center of downtown Jackson.