Jefferson’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Jefferson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusJefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 3,509 people lived in the township.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,597 to 3,509 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jefferson yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Jefferson’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jefferson’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBenjamin Wade House, 22 Jefferson…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Jefferson, decade by decade
2000
unknown2 items
Nothing in Jefferson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Jefferson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Oak Hill Welsh Congregational Church in Oak Hill, 3.3 miles away.
Jefferson and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Benjamin Wade House, 22 Jefferson Street and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.