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 Jefferson County, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 12.954 W 095° 18.818
15S E 300257 N 4343286
This waymark is centered on the Jefferson County Courthouse located at 300 Jefferson Street Street in Oskaloosa, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WM12CCV
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2020
Views: 1
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Jefferson County is best known for Perry Lake, a man-made reservoir created to help with flood control along the Kansas River. Camping, fishing, and boating are activities available on the lake. This is a rural county east of Leavenworth and north of Lawrence.
Jefferson County (county code JF) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. At the 2010 census, the county population was 19,126. Its county seat is Oskaloosa, and its most populous city is Valley Falls.
or many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
n 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Jefferson County was established, and was named for President Thomas Jefferson. Settlement of the county was slowed by events prior to and during the Civil War, but the present day unincorporated community of Thompsonville (3 miles northwest of Perry on the Delaware River) was the first established in 1851 by Mormon settlers who initially refused to accompany the main group led by Brigham Young to the Salt Lake Valley. The settlement was first abandoned due to the violence resulting from the border wars, but was re-established when the Civil War ended.
- Wikipedia Entry for Jefferson County
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