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Jefferson’s post office opened in 1851

Most of Jefferson was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976.

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When was Jefferson founded?

1851

The Jefferson post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1904.

2020 census: 772175 years
Founding year: the first Jefferson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1904.The full story ↓

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How Jefferson came to be

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The area known today as the Town of Jefferson was founded in the late 1700’s to early 1800’s by the Miller Family on their farm land, and was named Millers store or Millersville on 1800s maps. The town was first incorporated in 1901 then 1904. The first Intendent/Mayor was Lewis E. Gardner (great-grandfather of current Mayor James M Miller in 2025). Lewis Gardner was married to Susan Alice Miller, the granddaughter of the founder Michael Miller. Many Millers are buried at the Miller-Lowry family cemetery on main street.

On April 14, 2020, a local turkey farm reported a case of Influenza A virus subtype H7N3 which resulted in the euthanasia of 32,000 turkeys.

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What year was Jefferson founded?

The Jefferson post office opened in 1851, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.