List of places named for Thomas Jefferson
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This is a list of places in the United States named for Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States and the author of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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[edit] High schools
Lists of high schools named after Jefferson:
[edit] Elementary schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Anaheim, California
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary II, Anaheim California
- Jefferson Elementary, Huntington, New York
- Jefferson School, Union City, New Jersey
- Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore, Maryland
[edit] Universities and colleges
- Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
[edit] Streets
- Jefferson Highway, running from New Orleans to Winnipeg
- Jefferson Road, Metro Detroit, Michigan
- Jefferson Blvd. in Los Angeles
- Jefferson Drive on the National Mall, Washington, DC
- Jefferson Street in Miami Beach, Florida
- Jefferson Ave. Newport News, Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Charlottesville, Virginia
[edit] Cities
- Jefferson, Maine
- Jefferson, Texas
- Jefferson, Wisconsin
- Jefferson City, Missouri, state capital
- Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson City, Tennessee
- Jefferson Township, New Jersey
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky
- Jefferson, South Dakota
- Port Jefferson, New York
( Jefferson Avenue Winnipeg Manitoba
[edit] Counties
- Jefferson County, Alabama
- Jefferson County, Colorado
- Jefferson County, Iowa
- Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Jefferson County, Missouri
- Jefferson County, Montana
- Jefferson County, New York
- Jefferson County, Ohio
- Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- Jefferson County, Oregon
- Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County, Tennessee
- Jefferson County, Washington
- Jefferson County, West Virginia
- Jefferson County, Wisconsin
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
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.
[edit] Mountains
- Mount Jefferson (list of mountains named after Jefferson)
[edit] Other
- Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
- Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
- Jefferson (Mountain state), 1859 proposal
- Jefferson (South state), 1915 proposal
- Jefferson (Pacific state), 1941 proposal
- Jefferson Territory
- Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St.Louis
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis
- 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
- Jefferson Pools, the oldest US spa buildings, where President Jefferson bathed, in Warm Springs, Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson Hall, a residence hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist, Charlottesville, Virginia
[edit] See also
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