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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

 
Court House:

110 E Washington St
County Courthouse
Charles Town, WV 25414-1072

Etymology - Origin of County Name

For Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

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:
- Bolivar town Incorporated Area
- Charles Town (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Corporation of Ranson town Incorporated Area
- Harpers Ferry town Incorporated Area
- Shepherdstown town Incorporated Area
 
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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