Jefferson
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Jefferson often refers to Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

, the third President of the United States and the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Jefferson may also refer to:

Places

Canada

United States
  • Jefferson, Colorado
    Jefferson, Colorado
    Jefferson is an unincorporated town and a U.S. Post Office in Park County, Colorado, United States. It is located the northern end of South Park, along U.S. Route 285, approximately 15 miles northeast of Fairplay, at the western foot of Kenosha Pass. It lies from Como, from Bailey, and from...

  • Jefferson, Georgia
    Jefferson, Georgia
    Jefferson is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,825 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jackson County. Jefferson is known for its superior recreation department...

  • Jefferson, Indiana
    Jefferson, Indiana
    Jefferson is an unincorporated town in Washington Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town is named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.-History:...

  • Jefferson, Iowa
    Jefferson, Iowa
    Jefferson is a city in Greene County, Iowa, United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 4,626 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, tall, located on the town square, and visible for miles. The tower is...

  • Jefferson, Louisiana
    Jefferson, Louisiana
    Jefferson is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,843 at the 2000 census...

  • Jefferson, Maine
    Jefferson, Maine
    Jefferson is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,388 at the 2000 census.-History:Jefferson is a town in Lincoln County, incorporated on February 24, 1807, when Thomas Jefferson was President, from Ballstown Plantation...

  • Jefferson, Maryland
    Jefferson, Maryland
    Jefferson is an unincorporated community located in Frederick County, Maryland, established in 1774, incorporated as a town in 1831. However, a year later, in 1832, the citizens of the town decided that municipal government was unnecessary, thus, it was disincorporated.- History of Jefferson...

  • Jefferson, Massachusetts, a village in the town of Holden
  • Jefferson, New Hampshire
    Jefferson, New Hampshire
    Jefferson is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2010 census. It is home to parts of the White Mountain National Forest in the south and northeast and to two theme parks: Santa's Village and...

  • Jefferson, New York
    Jefferson, New York
    ----Jefferson is a town in Schoharie County, New York, USA. The population was 1,285 at the 2000 census.The Town of Jefferson is on the southwestern border of the county and is east of the City of Oneonta.- History :...

  • Jefferson, North Carolina
    Jefferson, North Carolina
    Jefferson is a town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,422 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ashe County.-History:...

  • Jefferson, Ohio
    Jefferson, Ohio
    Jefferson is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,572 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ashtabula County. Modern-day Jefferson sports the world's only perambulator museum and a historical complex including several restored 18th century buildings....

  • Jefferson, Oregon
    Jefferson, Oregon
    Jefferson is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,487 at the 2000 census...

  • Jefferson, South Dakota
    Jefferson, South Dakota
    Jefferson is a city in Union County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 547 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jefferson was founded in 1859...

  • Jefferson, Texas
    Jefferson, Texas
    Jefferson is an historic city in Marion County in northeastern Texas, United States. The population was 2,024 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marion County, Texas, and is situated in East Texas...

  • Jefferson, West Virginia
    Jefferson, West Virginia
    Jefferson is an unincorporated census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 676 at the 2010 census...

  • Jefferson, Wisconsin (disambiguation) (several places)

People

  • For people with the surname Jefferson, see Jefferson (surname)
    Jefferson (surname)
    -Music:* Blind Lemon Jefferson - Blues musician.* Marshall Jefferson - American musician.* Eddie Jefferson - American Jazz vocalist-Sports:* John Jefferson - A retired football player.* Richard Jefferson - American basketball player....

  • For people with the given name Jefferson, see Jefferson (given name)
  • Jefferson, or Geoff Turton
    Geoff Turton
    Geoff Turton , who also recorded under the name Jefferson, was a British singer. His musical career began as the falsettist lead singer, and rhythm guitarist of The Rockin' Berries in 1961, who scored a number of hits in the UK and Europe...

    , British singer

In culture

  • Jefferson, Mississippi, fictional town where many of William Faulkner's stories are set
  • The Jeffersons
    The Jeffersons
    The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...

    , 1975-1985 American sitcom
  • "The Jeffersons" (South Park)
    The Jeffersons (South Park)
    "The Jeffersons" is episode 117 of the Comedy Central animated series South Park. It was originally broadcast on April 21, 2004 and has been described as "a howlingly funny assault on Michael Jackson."-Plot:...

    , 2004 episode of the TV show
  • "Jefferson", a song by Roxette from Room Service (Roxette album)
  • Married... with Children
    Married... with Children
    Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

     character, Jefferson D'Arcy

Other uses

  • Jefferson (Pacific state), proposed state overlapping Oregon and California
  • Jefferson (South state)
    Jefferson (South state)
    The name State of Jefferson was a name proposed for a new state in two plans for the division of the State of Texas.-Background:In the bill that annexed the Republic of Texas to the United States, allows the State to divided itself into additional states up to four...

  • Jefferson Ward or Jeffersons, a discount department store chain operated by Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...

     until 1988

See also

  • Jefferson Memorial
    Jefferson Memorial
    The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States....

    , Washington, D.C.
  • Jefferson River
    Jefferson River
    The Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Montana. The Jefferson River and the Madison River form the official beginning of the Missouri at Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks...

    , a tributary of the Missouri River in North America
  • Jefferson City (disambiguation)
    Jefferson City (disambiguation)
    Jefferson City is the name of several places in the United States of America:*Jefferson City, Missouri, the state capital of Missouri*Jefferson City, Montana, small census-designated place in Montana...

  • Jefferson County (disambiguation)
  • Jefferson Township (disambiguation)
  • Jefferson Park (disambiguation)
  • Jefferson Pools
    Jefferson Pools
    -External links:* - Homestead Resort...

  • Jeffersonville (disambiguation)
  • Jefferson Prairie Settlement
    Jefferson Prairie Settlement
    Jefferson Prairie Settlement was a pioneer colony of Norwegian-Americans located near the village of Clinton, in Rock County, Wisconsin. This site and the nearby Rock Prairie settlement outside Orfordville, Wisconsin served as a center for both Norwegian immigration and developments within the...

    , a former Norwegian settlement in Rock County, Wisconsin
  • Jefferson Avenue Historic District, Ogden, Utah
  • Jefferson Barracks Military Post
    Jefferson Barracks Military Post
    The Jefferson Barracks Military Post, located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, which is just south of St. Louis, Missouri,was, at first owned land by the DeGamache's then borrowed by military leaders, but after war, the land was not returned. It was an important and highly active U.S....

    , a former U.S. Army post near Lemay, Missouri
  • Jefferson Airplane
    Jefferson Airplane
    Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....

     or Jefferson Starship
    Jefferson Starship
    Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

    , a band
  • Jefferson Territory
    Jefferson Territory
    The Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861...

    , an unrecognized territory in present-day Colorado
  • Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...

  • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
    Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
    Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility , commonly called Jefferson Lab or JLab, is a U.S. national laboratory located in Newport News, Virginia. Since June 1, 2006, it has been operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a joint venture between Southeastern Universities Research...

    , commonly called Jefferson Lab (JLAB)
  • Jefferson Literary and Debating Society
    Jefferson Literary and Debating Society
    The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society is a debating and literary society at the University of Virginia. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest organization at The University and one of the oldest continuously existing debating societies in North America....

    , a student society at the University of Virginia in the United States
  • Mount Jefferson
    Mount Jefferson
    Mount Jefferson is a common name for mountains in the United States, usually referring to Thomas Jefferson, the country's third president. The mountains include:...

    , a list of all the mountains named Jefferson
  • Jefferson Lines
    Jefferson Lines
    Jefferson Lines is a regional intercity bus company operating in United States. The company's name originates in the Jefferson Highway, a north-south route in the early National Auto Trail system which once ran from Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, south to New Orleans, Louisiana. The service to...

    , a transportation service in the United States
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