Jefferson (MS)

Welcome to Jefferson County ...

Time Zone: Jefferson County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Fayette is the Seat for Jefferson County.

Jefferson County was founded in 1799.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Jefferson had a population of 6,990 people. This is a decrease of 9.47% since the last Census (which gave a population of 7,721 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Jefferson represented 0.26% of the total population of Mississippi.

Websites of Interest ...

Websites specific to Mississippi
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- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Websites specific to Jefferson County
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Websites for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
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- Copiah County
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- Lincoln County
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- Franklin County
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- Adams County
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- Tensas Parish
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Cemetery Information and Directories
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- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Jefferson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi

Footnotes ...

<1>	On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.