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is a town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 695 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County.
Jackson is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land.