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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Rankin
- Established
- December 19, 1831
- Named after
- Gerard Chittocque Brandon
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Jeremy Ryan ( R )
- Board of aldermen
- Alderman at Large- James Morris, Ward 1- Monica Corley, Ward 2- Cris Vinson, Ward 3- Harry Williams, Ward 4- Lu Coker, Ward 5- Dwight Middleton, Ward 6- Tahya Dobbs
- Total
- 25.75 sq mi (66.70 km )
- Land
- 25.66 sq mi (66.47 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 482 ft (147 m)
- Density
- 980/sq mi (378.2/km )
- Demonym
- Brandonite
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 39042, 39043, 39047
- Area codes
- 601 , 769
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Encyclopedic overview
Brandon is a city in and the county seat of Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. It was incorporated on December 19, 1831. The population was 25,138 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Brandon is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Area, and is located east of the state capital.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brandon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.