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Jefferson County

county in Wisconsin, United States
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Jefferson County

Summary

Jefferson County is a county of Wisconsin[1]. It draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_wisconsin category, ranking #24 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jefferson County is located in Wisconsin[3].
  • Jefferson County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Jefferson County's image is recorded as JeffersonCountyCourthouseWIS26.jpg[5].
  • Jefferson County's instance of is recorded as county of Wisconsin[6].
  • Jefferson County's capital is recorded as Jefferson[7].
  • Jefferson County's shares border with is recorded as Dodge County[8].
  • Jefferson County's shares border with is recorded as Waukesha County[9].
  • Jefferson County's shares border with is recorded as Walworth County[10].
  • Jefferson County's shares border with is recorded as Rock County[11].
  • Jefferson County's shares border with is recorded as Dane County[12].
  • Thomas Jefferson is named after Jefferson County[13].
  • Jefferson County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Jefferson[14].
  • Jefferson County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146578235[15].
  • Jefferson County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Wisconsin highlighting Jefferson County.svg[16].
  • Jefferson County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80060965[17].
  • Jefferson County's Commons category is recorded as Jefferson County, Wisconsin[18].
  • Jefferson County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1799447[19].
  • +1836-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jefferson County[20].
  • Jefferson County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1581087[21].
  • Jefferson County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.02, 'lon': -88.78}[22].
  • Jefferson County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mkwm[23].
  • Jefferson County's official website is recorded as https://www.jeffersoncountywi.gov/[24].
  • Jefferson County's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 55055[25].
  • Jefferson County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jefferson County, Wisconsin[26].
  • Jefferson County's Commons gallery is recorded as Jefferson County, Wisconsin[27].

Body

Geography

Jefferson County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Wisconsin[3].

Physical Characteristics

Jefferson County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1509'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+83686'}[29], {'amount': '+83680'}[30], {'amount': '+83904'}[31], {'amount': '+84351'}[32], {'amount': '+84509'}[33], and {'amount': '+84559'}[34].

Designation and Status

Jefferson County's instance of is recorded as county of Wisconsin[6].

History and Context

+1836-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Jefferson County[20]. Thomas Jefferson is named after it[13].

Why It Matters

Jefferson County draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_wisconsin category, ranking #24 of 73).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Thomas Jefferson United States Wisconsin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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