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Jeffers’ post office opened in 1900, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

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When was Jeffers founded?

1900

The Jeffers post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 349126 years
Founding year: the first Jeffers post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jeffers are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Jeffers’ homes were built before 1949.
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How Jeffers came to be

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Jeffers was platted by the Inter-State Land Company on September 19, 1899. It was incorporated as a city a few days later, on September 28, 1899. In its first election, the following men were put into office: President, L. P. Dustin; recorder, Lewis E. Streater; along with trustees, A. W. Binger, A. A. Faust, and C. G. Fredricson.

The town was named for land-owner George Jeffers. A post office has been in operation at Jeffers since 1900.

The Jeffers Petroglyphs, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a series of Native American stone carvings dating from before European settlement. They are located several miles northeast of the town.

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Jeffers’s post office has been open since 1900.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Jeffers’ history

What year was Jeffers founded?

The Jeffers post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.