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Welcome to Jefferson Junction ...

Jefferson Junction is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jefferson Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Jefferson Junction: Jefferson Jct. (or less commonly used: Jefferson Jctn.)

Jefferson Junction is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Jefferson Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Jefferson Junction - they are located in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jefferson Junction.

Communities near Jefferson Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jefferson Junction.

  • Watertown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Watertown is located in Jefferson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
  • Oconomowoc
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
  • Whitewater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Whitewater is located in Walworth County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
  • Fort Atkinson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
  • Lake Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
  • Milton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton is located in Rock County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
  • Edgerton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgerton is located in Rock County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
  • Summit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
  • Marshall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marshall is located in Dane County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
  • Waterloo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jefferson Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jefferson Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jefferson Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jefferson Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jefferson Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Jefferson Junction.

Adding Jefferson Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jefferson Junction in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Jefferson Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Jefferson Junction post office opened in 1888. The Jefferson Junction post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jefferson Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jefferson Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/