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Jefferson County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- December 12, 1914
- Named after
- Mount Jefferson
- Seat
- Madras
- Largest city
- Madras
- Total
- 1,791 sq mi (4,640 km )
- Land
- 1,781 sq mi (4,610 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,740
- Density
- 12/sq mi (4.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 5th
- Website
- www .co .jefferson .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Mount Jefferson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Contains
- Madras
- Capital
- Madras
- Population
- 24502
- Area
- 4639
- Shares border with
- Deschutes County
- Official website
- www.co.jefferson.or.us
- Image
- MadrasJeffersoncourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 8395
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- Commons category
- Jefferson County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Jefferson County, Oregon
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jefferson County, Oregon
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Jefferson County
- topic has template
- Template:Jefferson County, Oregon
- per capita income
- 26177
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Encyclopedic overview
Jefferson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,502. The county seat is Madras. The county is named after Mount Jefferson, the second tallest mountain in Oregon.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jefferson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.