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Wikipedia The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky, a member of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metro...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Ohio. Official Website Jefferson County was organized on July 29, 1797, by proclamation of Governor Arthur St. Clair. In 1786, the United States built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River. When the surveyors completed their task a few years later, the fort was ab...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Official Website History Louisville is the historical and nominal county seat of Jefferson County. It was named after King Louis XVI of France, and was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. The city's early growth was influenced b...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Official Website Jefferson County—originally Jefferson County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, when it abolished and partitioned Kentucky County into three counties. In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, George Rogers Clark's militia and 60 civilian settl...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beaumont, Texas. Beaumont is the county seat of Jefferson County on the Neches River. Official Website Overview Beaumont was founded as a town in 1835. The early European–American settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. In 1892, Joseph Eloi Broussard opened the first commerciall...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Texas. The county was established in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico, which had gained independence from Spain. Because the area was lightly settled, the Mexican government allowed European Americans from the United States to settle here if they pledged loyalty to Mexico. This was organized as a county in 1837 afte...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Idaho. Official Website The county was established in 1913 and named after Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. President. The Salt Lake City to Virginia City Stagecoach was established through the area in 1864. Stops were established at Market Lake (Roberts), Sand Hole (Hamer), and Camas. Small settlements grew up ar...
Oak Hill Cemetery was founded in 1850 and originally located along West Street. In 1865 the present grounds were purchased from Christoph Schroeder and opened for public burials. Oak Hill Cemetery is a non-sectarian burial ground and is the final resting place for many pioneer settlers such as Timothy Johnson, the founder of Watertown, and his wife; John and Eliza Cole, early day benefactors ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized in 1818 and named in honor of former president Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties Franklin County St. Louis County Washington County Monroe County, Illinois St. Francois County Ste. Genevieve County Cities Arnold
Birmingham was founded on June 1, 1871, by the Elyton Land Company whose investors included cotton planters, bankers and railroad entrepreneurs. It sold lots near the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North Alabama railroads including land formerly a part of the Benjamin P. Worthington Plantation. The first business at that crossroads was the trading post and country sto...
This project is for those who are buried in Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Located on 324 East North Street, the cemetery is also known as St. John's Catholic Cemetery and St. John's Cemetery . Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Official Website Jefferson County was created in 1836 as part of Wisconsin Territory and was organized in 1839. Jefferson County was founded by "Yankee" settlers from New England and was named after Jefferson County, New York Adjacent Counties Dodge County Dane County Rock County Waukesha Count...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Montana.= Official Website =The county was created in 1865[4] and named for President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties * Broadwater County * Lewis and Clark County * Gallatin County * Madison County * Deer Lodge County * Silver Bow County * Powell County
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, New York. Official Website Jefferson County is part of Macomb's Purchase of 1791 and was split off from Oneida County in 1805. It was named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. The United States Army's 10th Mountain Division is based at Fort Drum. Adjacent Counties & Province...
This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of West Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county. Jefferson County was established on October 26, 1801 from Berkeley County because the citizens of southeastern Berkeley County felt they had to travel too far to the county seat of Martinsburg. Charles Washington, ...
This project is for those buried in Prairie Center Cemetery, Packwood, Jefferson County, Iowa. The cemetery is also known as Packwood Cemetery and West Packwood Cemetery . Find a Grave Iowa Gravestones IA GenWeb
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Indiana. Official Website Jefferson County was formed in 1811. It was named for Thomas Jefferson, principal draftsman of the Northwest Ordinance and President of the United States from 1801 through 1809. Adjacent Counties Carroll County, Kentucky Switzerland County Trimble County, Kentucky Clark County ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Iowa. Official Website The county was formed in January 1839, and was named after President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties Henry County Washington County Van Buren County Keokuk County Wapello County Cities & Townships Batavia Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Center Coppock Des Moines T...
This project is for those buried in Brownville Cemetery, Brownville, Jefferson County, New York. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. History In the 1750s, the Taovaya Indians, a Wichita tribe, established twin villages along the Red River, in Jefferson County and across the river near present-day Spanish Fort, Texas. The village became "a lively emporium where Comanches brought Apache slaves, horses and mules to trade for French pack...
Fort Drum is a U.S. Army military reservation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, near the western border of northern New York, United States. The population of the CDP portion of the base was 12,955 at the 2010 census. It is home to the 10th Mountain Division. Fort Drum consists of 107,265 acres. In this region, winter temperatures can reach as low as −30 °F. Its mission ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Washington. Official Website Jefferson County was formed on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory and named for Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Clallam County Grays Harbor County Island County Kitsap County Mason County San Juan County
Jefferson County was created on December 12, 1914, from a portion of Crook County. The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, and was completed in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s. The railroad was completed despite constant feuds and battles between two lines working on opposite sides of ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Colorado. Official Website On August 25, 1855, the Kansas Territorial Legislature created Arapahoe County to govern the entire western portion of the territory. The county was named for the Arapaho Nation of Native Americans that lived in the region. On June 22, 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte Riv...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Official Website Founded in 1799, the county was named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. Adjacent Counties & Parishes Claiborne County Copiah County Lincoln County Franklin County Adams County Tensas Parish Cities, Towns & Communities Ashland Cannonsburg