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Jefferson
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city in Jackson County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Jackson
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Type
- Local government
- Mayor
- Dawn Maddox
- City manager
- Priscilla Murphy
- City council
- Steve Kinney (D1), Annette Studivant (D2), Cody Cain (D3), Mark Mobley (D4), Alex Crawford (D5)
- Total
- 22.87 sq mi (59.23 km )
- Land
- 22.53 sq mi (58.36 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.88 km )
- Elevation
- 751 ft (229 m)
- Density
- 587.3/sq mi (226.77/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-41988
- Gnis feature id
- 0356332
- Website
- https://www.jeffersonga.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jefferson is a city and the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,233 at the 2020 census, up from 9,432 at the 2010 census. As of 2024 the estimated population was 16,459.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jefferson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.