Jefferson, Alabama

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subdivision_name2 = Marengo
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timezone = Central (CST)
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postal_code = 36745
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Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.cite web|title="Jefferson, Alabama"|work="ePodunk Community Profiles"|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=302041|accessdate=2008-01-16]

History

It was founded in 1810, before Marengo was a county or Alabama was a state. Most of the original settlers were veterans of the American Revolution, including John Sample, John Gilmore, and Reuben Hildreth.Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: "The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama", page 7. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X] The village was named Jefferson in 1820, after Thomas Jefferson, and that year saw the first church established. The population had reached 200 people by 1860 and the village contained two dry goods stores, one drugstore, a male and a female academy, a Masonic Lodge, a hotel, two tanneries, a wagon shop, and a blacksmith shop.

Geography

Jefferson is located at coord|32.38580|N|87.89817|W|display=inline,title and has an elevation of convert|233|ft|m|0.

Historic sites

* Jefferson Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places on 13 December 1976.

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