Jefferson

Jefferson County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth.
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  • County with 783,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 476 feet (145 metres)
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as
    “Jefferson County”
    “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
    “Jefferson County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Butterfly gardening and Louisville Zoo.
The Louisville Zoological Gardens, commonly known…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Matthews and Jeffersontown.
St. Matthews is a city in the …
is a former census-designated place in Jefferson County, , United States.

Jefferson

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Latitude
38.1787° or 38° 10′ 43″ north
Longitude
-85.6645° or 85° 39′ 52″ west
Open location code
86CP58HP+F5
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jefferson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jefferson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جيفيرسون”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه جيفيرسون، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jefferson”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cefferson”
  • Basque: “Jefferson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Джэферсан”
  • Belarusian: “Джэферсан (акруга, Кентукі)”
  • Belarusian: “Джэферсан”
  • Bengali: “জেফারসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеферсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jefferson”
  • Cebuano: “Jefferson County”
  • Chechen: “Джефферсон (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Джефферсон”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜縣”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜郡”
  • Chinese: “傑弗遜縣”
  • Chinese: “杰佛逊县”
  • Chinese: “杰斐逊县”
  • Chinese: “路易維爾—傑佛遜郡”
  • Czech: “Jefferson County”
  • Dutch: “Jefferson County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “چيفيرسون كاونتى”
  • Esperanto: “Jefferson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jefferson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jefferson”
  • Estonian: “Jeffersoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jeffersonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Jefferson County”
  • Ganda: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Jefferson County”
  • Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jefferson County”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’פרסון”
  • Hungarian: “Jefferson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jefferson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jefferson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jefferson”
  • Italian: “Jefferson County”
  • Japanese: “ジェファースン・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ジェファースン郡”
  • Japanese: “ジェファーソン・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ジェファーソン郡”
  • Korean: “제퍼슨군”
  • Low German: “Jefferson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جفرسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jefferson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jefferson County”
  • Ossetian: “Джефферсон (зылд, Кентукки)”
  • Ossetian: “Джефферсон”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “Jefferson County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson”
  • Russian: “Джефферсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Jefferson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џеферсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County”
  • Slovenian: “Jefferson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “condado de Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Jefferson County”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County”
  • Tajik: “Ҷефферсон”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон”
  • Tumbuka: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Jefferson County”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джефферсон”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی”

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