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Jackson was originally named “LeFleur’s Bluff,” after French-Canadian trader Louis LeFleur, but after becoming the state capital in 1822, it was renamed for the seventh U.S. President, Andrew Jackson.
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The city was known as “LeFleur’s Bluff,” after French-Canadian trader Louis LeFleur, but after becoming the state capital in 1822, it was renamed after the seventh U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

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