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Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States

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Details for Jefferson County

NameJefferson County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Mississippi, United States
County SeatFayette (Supervisor District 3)
Coordinates
Latitude 31.7179421 31° 43' 04.6" N
Longitude -91.0509382 91° 03' 03.4" W
Population8,653
Elevation102 m
Surrounding Counties, ParishesClaiborne N
Copiah E
Lincoln E
Franklin SE
Adams SW
Concordia Parish (Louisiana) SW
Tensas Parish (Louisiana) NW
USGS GNIS FeatureID695755
Histopolis Place ID342618831
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Jefferson County

7 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Jefferson County, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Mississippi

Jefferson County, Mississippi County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Jefferson County, Mississippi, MS - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=19898 (16 Dec 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Jefferson County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Mississippi > Jefferson County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MS/Jefferson/ (24 Jun 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Jefferson County, Miss. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JF.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1543 (26 Aug 2009)

The USGenWeb Archives Project - Jefferson County, MS TOC [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ms/jefferson.htm (9 Feb 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Jefferson County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=19898&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (21 Dec 2008)
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Surveys in Jefferson County

1 Survey, 7 Ranges, 19 Townships

The Washington Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Jefferson County. You can navigate to any of the 19 survey townships that overlap Jefferson County using the navigation tool below.

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Supervisor Districts of Jefferson County

5 Supervisor Districts
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Cities of Jefferson County

1 City, 35 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AshlandBlue HillBuena Vista (historical u.p.)Cadillac
CannonsburgCliftonDeane (historical u.p.)Dennis Crossroads
ElmoFayette (city)Four ForksGum Ridge (historical u.p.)
HarristonHuntley (historical u.p.)Ihrie (historical u.p.)Jefferson
Leedo (historical u.p.)LormanMalcolm (historical u.p.)McBride
McNairMeltonNorth Fork (historical u.p.)Old Greenville (historical u.p.)
PerthPhoenix (historical u.p.)Pleasant HillRed Lick
RodneyShankstown (historical u.p.)Springfield (historical u.p.)Stampley
StoningtonUnion ChurchUniontown (historical u.p.)Violet

Cemeteries of Jefferson County

64 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AdamsAntiochArmstrongBeech Hill
Bell GroveBethelBethlehemBolls
BrooksBuieBullen (Supervisor District 3)Bullen (Supervisor District 4)
ChamberlinCherry HillChina GroveClark
DardenDillonDrake-MagruderFolkes
FolkesGibsonGreenGreen
GriffinHamblinHarrisonHickory Block
HicksHindsHomelessHughes
JonesLaurel HillLeeLittle Zion
LoganMarbleMcCaaMontgomery
Mount MoriahMt. Moriah (*)NortonOld Gravel Hill
Old Rose HillOwensPleasant HillPuffel
Red LickRidgeRodneySaint Paul
ShieldsSimsSingletarySmith
St. Paul (*)StephensStuartThompson
Union ChurchWadeWaterlooWhite
WhitenWood

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