USA
South
West Virginia

Jefferson

Jefferson County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of . It is located in the in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
Tap on a place
to explore it
jeffersoncountywv.org
Wikipedia
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: County with 53,500 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Jefferson County”, “Jefferson County, Virginia”, “Jefferson County, West Virginia”, and “Jefferson County, WV”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jefferson County Courthouse and Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Courthouse
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic building in , USA. The building is historically notable as the site of two trials for treason: that of John Brown in 1859, and those of unionizing coal miners from…

Casino
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a casino, hotel and Thoroughbred horse racing complex located in , 60 miles northwest of It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.

Cemetery
Photo: Ben Schumin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charles Town and Ranson.

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small historic town in , and one of the state's most visited attractions.

Village
Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.
is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 5,433 at the 2020 census. It is part of the northwestern fringes of the .

Locality
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of several houses in the vicinity of built for members of the Washington family.

Jefferson

Latitude
39.2955° or 39° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
-77.8783° or 77° 52′ 42″ west
Population
53,500
Elevation
535 feet (163 metres)
Open location code
87F474WC+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006364
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4810162
Wiki­data ID
Q490946
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Jefferson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jefferson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jefferson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جيفرسون”
  • Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jefferson”
  • Basque: “Jefferson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County”
  • Belarusian: “Джэферсан”
  • Bengali: “জেফারসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеферсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jefferson”
  • Cebuano: “Jefferson County”
  • Chechen: “Джефферсон”
  • Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜縣”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜郡”
  • Chinese: “傑弗遜縣”
  • Chinese: “傑弗遜郡”
  • Chinese: “杰佛逊县”
  • Chinese: “杰斐逊县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Jefferson, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Jefferson”
  • Dutch: “Jefferson County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Jefferson”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jefferson”
  • Estonian: “Jeffersoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jeffersonin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Jefferson”
  • French: “comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Jefferson County”
  • Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jefferson County”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Hungarian: “Jefferson megye”
  • Icelandic: “Jefferson County”
  • Icelandic: “Jefferson-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Jefferson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jefferson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jefferson”
  • Japanese: “ジェファーソン郡”
  • Kazakh: “Джефферсон”
  • Korean: “제퍼슨군”
  • Low German: “Jefferson County”
  • Marathi: “जेफरसन काउंटी, वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया”
  • Marathi: “जेफरसन काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “جفرسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jefferson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson County i Vest-Virginia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jefferson County”
  • Ossetian: “Джефферсон (зылд, Ныгуылæн Вирджини)”
  • Ossetian: “Джефферсон”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Jefferson Kaundi, Wescht Wirschini”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Jefferson Kaundi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson”
  • Russian: “Джефферсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Serbian: “Jefferson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џеферсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County”
  • Slovenian: “Jefferson County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, WV”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, W.Va.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, WV”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джефферсон”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Jefferson”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brooke Haven and Belvedere Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West End Park and Zion Baptist Church.

West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, and Morgantown.

Curious Localities to Discover

Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jefferson”. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.