West Jefferson

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West Jefferson

Total population

1,436

Median home value

$232,400

22.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$46,827

West Jefferson$47k

National$74k

Weather80°F · Partly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates36.38°, -81.49°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

West Jefferson is a resort town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2020 census.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for West Jefferson, NC from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Nathan T. Hopkins

American politician (1852-1927)

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Paul G. Campbell, Jr.

American politician

Steve Goss

American politician (1949-2015)

B

Bessie Mae Eldreth

American country music singer and storyteller (1913–2016)

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Florence Young Thomas

American artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Carolina

• Boone
  15.2 mi away · pop. 20,032
• Cove Creek
  17.8 mi away
• Mulberry
  21.1 mi away
• Fairplains
  23 mi away
• Wilkesboro
  24.1 mi away
• Seven Devils
  24.2 mi away
• North Wilkesboro
  24.3 mi away
• Moravian Falls
  25.4 mi away
• Banner Elk
  26.1 mi away
• Sugar Mountain
  27.4 mi away
• Grandfather Village
  28.5 mi away
• Linville
  30.5 mi away

Browse all places in North Carolina →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about West Jefferson

Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains

Georgann Eubanks · 2007

West Jefferson

Ashe County Historical Society · 2014

Jefferson's West

James P. Ronda · 2000

Flood insurance study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1977

[Joint resolution providing for protection of statue of Thomas Jefferson.]

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds

Highway accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1977

[Survey of inland waterway between Humboldt Bay and Eel River, California.]

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors · 1909

Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and held at the city of New-York, on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety

United States · 1790

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