Place:Jefferson, Texas, United States

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NameJefferson
Alt namesJeffersonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.883°N 94.15°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1836 - )
See alsoChambers, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Hardin, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Orange, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Magnolia Cemetery
Census-designated place
Central Gardens
Inhabited place
Beaumont
Beauxart Gardens
Bevil Oaks
Check
China
Fannett
Gladys
Groves
Hamshire
Hebert
Helbig
Hillebrandt
La Belle
Lovell Lake
Lucas
McFadden
Meeker
Mount Evergreen
Nederland
Nome
Pine Island
Port Arthur
Port Neches
Sabine Pass
Sabine
West Oakland
Westbury
Whiskey Ford
Unknown
Marion
Port Acres
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Jefferson County is a county in the Coastal Plain or Gulf Prairie region of Southeast Texas. The Neches River forms its northeast boundary. As of the 2010 census, the population was 256,526. The county seat of Jefferson County is Beaumont.

The county was established in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico, which had gained independence from Spain. Because the area was lightly settled, the Mexican government allowed European Americans from the United States to settle here if they pledged loyalty to Mexico. This was organized as a county in 1837 after Texas achieved independence as a republic. It was named by European-American settlers for U.S. president Thomas Jefferson.[1] Texas later became part of the US.

Jefferson County is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area and has the highest population of the four-county MSA. It has three state correctional facilities and a federal high-security prison in unincorporated areas of the county. Together they have a maximum capacity of nearly 9,000 prisoners.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1836 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1837 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1838 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1844 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 1,836
1860 1,995
1870 1,906
1880 3,489
1890 5,857
1900 14,239
1910 38,182
1920 73,120
1930 133,391
1940 145,329
1950 195,083
1960 245,659
1970 244,773
1980 250,938
1990 239,397
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