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Jefferson County was created on March 26, 1804 from part of Lycoming County and named for then President Thomas Jefferson. Its county seat is Brookville.

THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!!

If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, contact Kim to become a host. Volunteer Information is available here.

This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.

Jefferson County Data Online

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

Boroughs and Census Designated Places
Adrian Mines Alaska Albion Allens Mills Anita
Barnes Battle Hollow Baxter Beechton Beechtree
Beechwoods Bells Mills Big Run Blowtown Bowersville
Brockway Brookville Cloe Coal Glen Coder
Colon Conifer Content Coolspring Corbettown
Corsica Cortez Coulter Cramer Crawfordtown
Crenshaw Deemers Crossroads Desire Detwood Dixon Corner
Dora East Branch Egypt Elbell Ella
Emerickville Erie Junction Fairview Falls Creek Fordham
Foxburg Frostburg Fuller Green Briar Green Valley
Hamilton Harmony Harveys Run Hazen Heathville
Horatio Hormtown Howe Iowa Kahletown
Knox Dale Lanes Mills Langville Markton McGarey
McMinns Summit Meredith Munderf Norman North Freedom
North Sulger O'Donnell Ohl Oliveburg Pancoast
Panic Pansy Pardus Pinecreek Port Barnett
Porter Prescottville Punxsutawney Ramsaytown Rathmel
Red Mill Reitz Reynoldsville Richardsville Riker
Ringgold Robertsville Rockdale Roseville Sandy Valley
Schoffner Corner Sigel Smith Summit Smithtown
Soldier Spindletown Sportsburg Sprankle Mills Stanton
Stump Creek Sugar Hill Sulger Summerville Sunrise
Sykesville Tait Timblin Troy Valier
Walston Warsaw Westville Winslow Wishaw
Worthville

Townships
Barnett Township Beaver Township Bell Township Clover Township Eldred Township
Gaskill Township Heath Township Henderson Township Knox Township McCalmont Township
Oliver Township Perry Township Pine Creek Township Polk Township Porter Township
Ringgold Township Rose Township Snyder Township Union Township Warsaw Township
Washington Township Winslow Township Young Township

Surrounding Counties

Forest County (north)

Clearfield County (east)

Armstrong County (southwest)

Elk County (northeast)

Indiana County (south)

Clarion County (west)

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