List of places named for Thomas Jefferson

This is a list of places in the United States named for Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States and the author of the United States Declaration of Independence.

High schools

Lists of high schools named after Jefferson:

Elementary schools

Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Anaheim, California
Thomas Jefferson Elementary II, Anaheim California
Jefferson Elementary, Huntington, New York
Jefferson School, Union City, New Jersey
Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore, Maryland
Jefferson-Barnes Elementary, Westland, Michigan (Closed)
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Chicago Illinois

Universities and colleges

Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California

Streets

Jefferson Highway, running from New Orleans to Winnipeg
Jefferson Road, Metro Detroit, Michigan
Jefferson Blvd. in Los Angeles
Jefferson Drive on the National Mall, Washington, DC
Jefferson Street in Miami Beach, Florida
Jefferson Ave. Newport News, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Charlottesville, Virginia
Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cities

Jefferson, New Hampshire, first municipality named for Jefferson
Jefferson, Maine
Jefferson, Texas
Jefferson, Wisconsin
Jefferson City, Missouri, state capital
Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Jefferson Township, New Jersey
Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Jefferson, South Dakota
Port Jefferson, New York
Jefferson, Oregon
Jefferson, Georgia

Counties

It is notable that Jefferson County in Virginia became part of West Virginia as a result of the American Civil War. Virginia sued West Virginia to regain it, but lost the case before the United States Supreme Court when it was decided in 1871.

Mountains

Mount Jefferson (list of mountains named after Jefferson)

Other

Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Jefferson (Mountain state), 1859 proposal
Jefferson (South state), 1915 proposal
Jefferson (Pacific state), 1941 proposal
Jefferson Territory
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St.Louis
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis
Jefferson Park, Chicago, one of Chicago's 77 community areas on the city's Northwest Side
Jefferson Park (Chicago), a historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Chicago community area of the same name
Jefferson Pools, the oldest US spa buildings, where President Jefferson bathed, in Warm Springs, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Hall, a residence hall at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist, Charlottesville, Virginia

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) 2nd U.S. Vice President (1797–1801) 1st U.S. Secretary of State (1790–1793) U.S. Minister to France (1785–1789) 2nd Governor of Virginia (1779–1781) Delegate, Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)

Founding documents of the United States	A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) Initial draft, Olive Branch Petition (1775) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775) 1776 Declaration of Independence Committee of Five authored physical history "All men are created equal" "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" "Consent of the governed" 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom freedom of religion

French Revolution	Co-author, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

Presidency	Inaugural Address (1801 1805) Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of Discovery timeline Empire of Liberty Red River Expedition Pike Expedition Cumberland Road Embargo Act of 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard Affair Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 First Barbary War Native American policy Marbury v. Madison West Point Military Academy State of the Union Addresses (texts 1801 1802 1805) Cabinet Federal judicial appointments

Other noted accomplishments	Early life and career Founder, University of Virginia history Land Ordinance of 1784 Northwest Ordinance 1787 Anti-Administration party Democratic-Republican Party Jeffersonian democracy First Party System republicanism Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measure of the United States (1790) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions A Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801)

Jeffersonian architecture	Barboursville Farmington Monticello gardens Poplar Forest University of Virginia The Rotunda The Lawn Virginia State Capitol White House Colonnades

Other writings	Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) 1787 European journey memorandums Indian removal letters Jefferson Bible (1895) Jefferson manuscript collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment American Philosophical Society American Revolution patriots Member, Virginia Committee of Correspondence Committee of the States Founding Fathers of the United States Franco-American alliance Jefferson and education Religious views Jefferson and slavery Jefferson and the Library of Congress Jefferson disk Jefferson Pier Pet mockingbird National Gazette Residence Act Compromise of 1790 Sally Hemings Jefferson–Hemings controversy Betty Hemings Separation of church and state Swivel chair The American Museum magazine Virginia dynasty

Elections	United States Presidential election 1796 1800 1804

Legacy	Bibliography Jefferson Memorial Mount Rushmore Birthday Thomas Jefferson Building Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression Jefferson Lecture Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service Jefferson Lab Monticello Association Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson College Thomas Jefferson University Washington and Jefferson National Forests Other placenames Currency depictions Jefferson nickel Two-dollar bill U.S. postage stamps

Popular culture	Ben and Me (1953 short) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Jefferson in Paris (1995 film) Thomas Jefferson (1997 film) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Jefferson's Garden (2015 play) Hamilton (2015 musical) Jefferson–Eppes Trophy Wine bottles controversy

Family	Peter Jefferson (father) Jane Randolph Jefferson (mother) Lucy Jefferson Lewis (sister) Randolph Jefferson (brother) Isham Randolph (grandfather) William Randolph (great-grandfather) Martha Jefferson (wife) Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter) Mary Jefferson Eppes (daughter) Harriet Hemings (daughter) Madison Hemings (son) Eston Hemings (son) Thomas J. Randolph (grandson) Francis Eppes (grandson) George W. Randolph (grandson) John Wayles Jefferson (grandson) Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (son-in-law) John Wayles Eppes (son-in-law) John Wayles (father-in-law) Dabney Carr (brother-in-law) Dabney Carr (nephew)

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