List of places named for Thomas Jefferson

List of places named for Thomas Jefferson

This is a list of places in the United States named for Thomas Jefferson:

High schools

(see list of high schools named after Jefferson here: Thomas Jefferson High School, Jefferson High School and Bellarmine-Jefferson High School)

Elementary schools

*Jefferson Elementary, Huntington, New York

Jefferson School, Union City,New Jersey

Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore, Maryland

Universities and colleges

*Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
*Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Thomas Jefferson School of Law,San Diego, CA

treets

* Jefferson Highway
* Jefferson Road, Metro Detroit, Michigan
* Jefferson Blvd. in Los Angeles
* Jefferson Dr on the National Mall, Washington, DC
* Jefferson St in Miami Beach, Florida
* Jefferson Ave. Newport News, Virginia
* Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Charlottesville, Virginia

Cities

* Jeffersontown, Kentucky
* Jefferson City, capital of Missouri
* Jefferson, Maine
* Jefferson Township, New Jersey
* Jefferson City, Tennessee
* Jefferson, Wisconsin

Counties

* Jefferson County, Alabama
* Jefferson County, Colorado
* Jefferson County, Iowa
* Jefferson County, Kentucky
* Jefferson County, Missouri
* Jefferson County, New York
* Jefferson County, Oklahoma
* Jefferson County, Tennessee
* Jefferson County, Washington
* Jefferson County, West Virginia
* Jefferson County, Wisconsin
* Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
* Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

It is notable that Jefferson County in Virginia became part of West Virginia as a result of the American Civil War. Virginia sued West Virginia to regain it, but lost the case before the United States Supreme Court when it was decided in 1871.

Mountains

(see list of mountains named after Jefferson here: Mount Jefferson)

Other

* Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
* Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
* Jefferson (proposed U.S. state)
* Jefferson Territory
* Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
* Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St.Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
* Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Va.
* Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Mo.
*Jefferson Park, Chicago, one of Chicago's 77 community areas on the city's Northwest Side
*Jefferson Park (Chicago), a historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Chicago community area of the same name

ee also

* Jefferson


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