The 2,312-acre Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area, which is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, is located in the town and contains undeveloped forested wetlands.

In the 1800s, the town's economy relied heavily on agricultural, and including dairy farming.

[7] In 1872, the Chicago and North Western Railway built a line from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac with a station in Riceville.

Entrepreneurs took advantage of the transportation link, and built businesses and industries on the formerly agricultural land around the railway station.

[7] To accommodate the new population, the village annexed more land from the town for new residential subdivisions and commercial developments.

[7][6] On July 17, 2012, a petroleum product pipeline spilled an estimated 54,600 gallons of gasoline in the Town of Jackson.

Thirty-seven private wells contaminated by the spill were ordered abandoned by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The Town of Jackson is administered by an elected board consisting of four supervisors and a chair.

[13] Living Word Lutheran, another church in Jackson, has a child development center as well as a high school, Living Word Lutheran High School.