Map of Jefferson city, Iowa

Jefferson is a city in, and the county seat of Greene County, Iowa, United States, along the North Raccoon River. The population was 4,182 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the home of the Mahanay Memorial Bell Tower, 168 feet (51 m) tall, located on the town square, and visible for miles. The tower is named for Floyd Mahanay, a businessman, philanthropist, and former resident. Jefferson is bisected east to west by the old Lincoln Highway (formerly U.S. 30). A new U.S. Route 30 is located approximately one mile to the north.

Jefferson city overview:
Name:	Jefferson city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Iowa
County:	Greene County
Elevation:	1,066 ft (325 m)
Total Area:	6.01 sq mi (15.57 km²)
Land Area:	5.97 sq mi (15.46 km²)
Water Area:	0.04 sq mi (0.10 km²)
Total Population:	4,182
Population Density:	695.6/sq mi (268.59/km²)
ZIP code:	50129
Area code:	515
FIPS code:	1939450
GNISfeature ID:	0457919
Website:	cityofjeffersoniowa.org

Online Interactive Map

Jefferson online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Jefferson location on the U.S. Map. Where is Jefferson city. — Jefferson location on the U.S. Map.

Jefferson location on the Iowa map. Where is Jefferson city. — Location of Jefferson in Iowa.

History

While platted and settled a few years earlier, “New Jefferson” was organized in the winter of 1855–56 and officially incorporated in January 1872. It began as a farming community and remains so today. The first settlers of the new city were the family of George S. Walton who built there in 1855. During the Civil War, Jefferson as well as Greene County contributed its sons to raising Company H, 10th Iowa Infantry (1861) and Company E, 39th Iowa Infantry (1862). The railway came to Jefferson in the decades after the Civil War. Jefferson’s first mayor was Mahlon Head, elected in 1872. Jefferson’s library was completed in 1904 through the generosity of the Carnegie library fund. The stretch of Lincoln Highway that runs through Jefferson was completed c. 1924.

Jefferson Road Map

Jefferson city Satellite Map

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.01 square miles (15.57 km), of which 5.97 square miles (15.46 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) is water.

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