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Jefferson County
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county in Ohio, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Ohio
- Founded
- July 29, 1797
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Seat
- Steubenville
- Largest city
- Steubenville
- Total
- 411 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Land
- 408 sq mi (1,060 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 63,597
- Density
- 160/sq mi (62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- jeffersoncountyoh .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ohio
- Contains
- Steubenville
- Capital
- Steubenville
- Population
- 65249
- Area
- 1064
- Shares border with
- Harrison County
- Official website
- www.jeffersoncountyoh.com
- Image
- Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville.jpg
- Households
- 27541
- Licence plate code
- 41
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- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- Commons category
- Jefferson County, Ohio
- topic's main category
- Category:Jefferson County, Ohio
- inception
- 1797-07-27
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Jefferson County, Ohio
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jefferson County, Ohio
- native label
- Jefferson County
- per capita income
- 26602
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Encyclopedic overview
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,249. Its county seat is Steubenville. The county is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was vice president at the time of its creation.
Jefferson County is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton, PA–WV–OH Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jefferson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.