The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Jefferson was primarily settled by French-Canadians. By 1867 the town consisted of 25 or so French-Canadian families. During the winter of 1880–1, the town was ravaged by a smallpox epidemic, reported to have arrived in the area via Russian Mennonite emigrants en route to Yankton, in the Dakota Territory. The town was quarantined for several weeks, without railroad service or mail delivery. At least 150 cases of "black small pox" were reported by February 1881, resulting in more than 82 deaths.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jefferson’s history is told.
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2000
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 St. Peter's Catholic Church in Jefferson, 1.5 miles away.
Jefferson and the nearest listed places
Closest to Jefferson
St. Peter's Catholic ChurchJefferson · District1.5miMilwaukee Railroad Shops Historic DistrictSioux City · District5.6mi
Great Northern Railway Steam Locomotive No. 1355 and Tender 1451Sioux City · Steam Locomotive5.6mi
Sergeant FloydSioux City · Structure7.1mi
Theophile Bruguier CabinSioux City · Building7.2miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.