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Jefferson

Jefferson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of . At the 2020 census, the population was 24,502. The county seat is . The county is named after , the second tallest mountain in Oregon.
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  • Type: County with 25,100 residents
  • Description: county in Oregon, United States
  • Also known as: “Jefferson County”, “Jefferson County, OR”, and “Jefferson County, Oregon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Round Butte Dam.

Power station
is a rockfill-type hydroelectric dam on the Deschutes River, in the U.S. state of . Located in Jefferson County and owned by the power company Portland General Electric, its reservoir is called .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metolius.

Village
Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in Jefferson County, , United States, named for the , a nearby tributary of the Deschutes River. The name for both comes from the Warm Springs or Sahaptin word mitula, meaning white salmon and referring to a light colored Chinook salmon and not a whitefish.

Jefferson

Latitude
44.6073° or 44° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
-121.2463° or 121° 14′ 47″ west
Population
25,100
Elevation
2,464 feet (751 metres)
Open location code
84PWJQ43+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316984313
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5733534
Wiki­data ID
Q253186
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Jefferson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jefferson County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جيرفرسون”
  • Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Jefferson”
  • Basque: “Jefferson konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County, Oregon”
  • Bavarian: “Jefferson County”
  • Bengali: “জেফারসন কাউন্টি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি, অরেগন”
  • Bishnupriya: “জেফারশন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеферсън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Jefferson”
  • Cebuano: “Jefferson County”
  • Chechen: “Джефферсон (гуо, Орегон)”
  • Chechen: “Джефферсон”
  • Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜縣”
  • Czech: “Jefferson County”
  • Dutch: “Jefferson County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Jefferson”
  • Estonian: “Jeffersoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Jeffersonin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Comté de Jefferson”
  • French: “Jefferson County”
  • French: “Jefferson”
  • Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Jefferson County”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان (اؤرگن)”
  • Gilaki: “جفرسون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Τζέφερσον”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’פרסון, אורגון”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ג’פרסון”
  • Hungarian: “Jefferson megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Jefferson”
  • Italian: “contea di Jefferson”
  • Italian: “Contea di Jefferson”
  • Japanese: “ジェファーソン郡”
  • Korean: “제퍼슨군”
  • Latin: “Jefferson Comitatus”
  • Limburgan: “Jefferson County”
  • Low German: “Jefferson County”
  • Mazanderani: “جفرسون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jefferson Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jefferson Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson County”
  • Norwegian: “Jefferson County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون، اورگن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان جفرسون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Jefferson”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson, Oregon”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Jefferson”
  • Russian: “Джефферсон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Jefferson County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Џеферсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County, Oregon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jefferson County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson (Oregon)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson (Oregón)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson, Oregon”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson, Oregón”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Jefferson”
  • Swahili: “Jefferson County”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Jefferson”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County, Oregon”
  • Swedish: “Jefferson County”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон (округ, Орегон)”
  • Tatar: “Джефферсон”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, OR”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, Oreg.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County, Oregon”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson County”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, OR”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Oreg.”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi, Oregon”
  • Turkish: “Jefferson ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Джефферсон”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، اوریگون”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Jefferson”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson, Oregon”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Jefferson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson, Oregon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Jefferson”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County, Oregon”
  • Welsh: “Jefferson County”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Round Butte and Dam Observatory.

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