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West Virginia Counties
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West Virginia Counties
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Jefferson County, West Virginia
Jefferson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Charles Town
Year Organized: 1801
Square Miles: 210
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Court House: 110 E Washington St
County Courthouse
Charles Town, WV 25414-1072
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
For Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President
Demographics:
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History
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Neighboring Counties:
- North: Washington County, Md.
- Northwest: Berkeley County
- Southeast: Loudoun County, Va.
- Southwest: Clarke County, Va.; Frederick County, Va.
Cities and Towns:
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- Bolivar |
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- Charles Town
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- Corporation of Ranson |
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- Harpers Ferry |
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- Shepherdstown |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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