Jackson is a village in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States.

Prior to the establishment of Jackson, the townsite of Old St. John's was settled approximately 1.5 miles north of the current site of Jackson on June 2, 1856, by a Catholic colony of sixty Irish immigrants led by Father Trecy.

The colony was one of the first towns settled in Dakota County, and the first Catholic parish in Nebraska.

When the rising Missouri River began to threaten the town around 1860, all of the residents of Old St. John's moved south to what is now known as Jackson.

[5] When it was discovered there was another post office in the state with the name Franklin, the community was renamed in honor of Andrew Jackson in order to avoid repetition.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.45 square miles (1.17 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the village was 99.02% White, 0.49% Native American and 0.49% Asian.