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Jefferson City | |
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| Nickname: Jeff City[1] | |
| Motto: Jefferson City | |
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  Jefferson City Location within Missouri  Jefferson City Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°34′04″N 92°10′33″W / 38.56778°N 92.17583°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| Counties | |
| Founded | 1821 |
| Incorporated | 1825 |
| Named for | Thomas Jefferson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Mayor | Ron Fitzwater |
| • Administrator | Brian Crane |
| Area | |
| • State capital | 37.65 sq mi (97.51 km2) |
| • Land | 36.05 sq mi (93.38 km2) |
| • Water | 1.60 sq mi (4.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 630 ft (192 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • State capital | 43,228 |
| • Density | 1,198.98/sq mi (462.93/km2) |
| • Metro | 149,807 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 65101-65111 |
| Area code | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-37000[6] |
| GNIS ID | 758233[5] |
| U.S. Routes |    |
| State highways |   |
| Waterways | Missouri River |
| Public transit | JeffTran |
| Website | jeffersoncitymo.gov |
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City,[1] is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri. It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 census,[7] ranking as the 15th most populous city in the state.[8] It is also the county seat of Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-most-populous metropolitan area in Mid-Missouri and the fifth-largest in the state. Most of the city is in Cole County, with a small northern section extending into Callaway County. Jefferson City is named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
Jefferson City is located on the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau on the southern side of the Missouri River in a region known as Mid-Missouri, that is roughly mid-way between the state's two large urban areas of Kansas City and St. Louis. It is 29 miles (47 km) south of Columbia, Missouri, and sits at the western edge of the Missouri Rhineland, one of the major wine-producing regions of the Midwest. The city is dominated by the domed Capitol, which rises from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River to the north; Lewis and Clark passed the bluff on their historic expedition upriver before Europeans established any settlement there.
Many of Jefferson City's primary employers are in service and manufacturing industries. Jefferson City is also home to Lincoln University, a public historically black land-grant university founded in 1866 by the 62nd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops with support from the 65th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops.
- ^ a b "Capitol of Missouri – Jefferson City ***". www.spangledwithstars.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "Contact the Mayor". Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) City of Jefferson. Retrieved on May 21, 2010. - ^ "Jefferson City — Departments". Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Census". Census QuickFacts. April 1, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Table 10. Rank by 2010 Population and Housing Units: 2000 and 2010" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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