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• small towns in Georgia, Maine, and Texas;
• counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, MissouriJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Missouri, and determined by the U. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U. population in 1980. As of 2000, the population is 198,099. Its county seat is Hillsboro. Geography According to the U, NebraskaJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Nebraska. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. Its county seat is Fairbury 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a tota, New YorkJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of New York. As of 2000, the population is 111,738. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. Its county seat is Watertown. When Jefferson County was created i, OhioJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Ohio. As of 2000, the population is 73,894. Its county seat is Steubenville 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,064 km² (411 mi²). 1,061 km² (410 mi²) of, OklahomaJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 6,818. Its county seat is Waurika 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,004 km² (774 mi²). 1,965 km² (759 mi²) of it, PennsylvaniaJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Pennsylvania. As of 2000, the population is 45,932. Its county seat is Brookville 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,701 km² (657 mi²). 1,698 km² (655 mi, TennesseeJefferson County is a county located in the U. State of Tennessee. As of 2000, the population is 44,294. Its county seat is Dandridge 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 814 km² (314 mi²). 709 km² (274 mi²) of it, West VirginiaJefferson County is a county located in the State of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population is 42,190. Its county seat is Charles Town 6. This county is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau,, Wisconsin;
• a parish in Louisiana;
• a township in Pennsylvania; and
• a territory in present-day Colorado and a proposed state overlapping Oregon and California.

Two counties were indirectly named for Jefferson:

• a county in Oregon was named for Mount Jefferson; and
• a county in Texas was named for the town in Texas which preceded it.

There are several places not necessarily named for him:

• small towns in Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts , New York, North Carolina, and Oregon.
• counties in Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, and Washington; and
• townships in Michigan and New Jersey.

Several cities named Jefferson City were named after him, including the capital of Missouri and small towns in Montana, and Tennessee. The Jefferson City in Tennessee may or may not be named in his honor.

There is also a Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The county seat of William Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi is named Jefferson.

The Jeffersons was an American sitcom broadcast on the CBS network from January 18, 1975 until July 23, 1985.

People named Jefferson:

• Thomas Jefferson