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Jefferson County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Seat
- Waurika
- Largest city
- Waurika
- Total
- 774 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Land
- 759 sq mi (1,970 km )
- Water
- 15 sq mi (39 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,431
- Density
- 6.9/sq mi (2.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Thomas Jefferson
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Waurika
- Capital
- Waurika
- Population
- 5337
- Area
- 2004
- Shares border with
- Stephens County
- Official website
- www.jeffcoinfo.org
- Image
- Jefferson county courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2382
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- Commons category
- Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1907-07-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Jefferson County
- per capita income
- 25202
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Encyclopedic overview
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,337. Its county seat is Waurika. The county was created at statehood and named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jefferson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.