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
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Cemeteries of Jefferson County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Mississippi