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Welcome to Jefferson County ...

Time Zone: Jefferson County lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Port Townsend is the Seat for Jefferson County.

Jefferson County was founded in 1852 and was created by taking area from Thurston County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Jefferson had a population of 32,347 people. This is an increase of 8.29% since the last Census (which gave a population of 29,872 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Jefferson represented 0.44% of the total population of Washington.

Websites of Interest ...

  • Of Special Interest ...
    • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
    • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.

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.

 

 

 

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This page was last modified/updated: 14 May 2023