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West Jefferson is a resort town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2020 census. [ 4] West Jefferson is a popular destination among tourists and retirees from Florida, as well as those from the lower elevations of the Carolinas and Georgia .
October 5, 2007. West Jefferson Historic District is a national historic district located at West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings in the central business district of West Jefferson. The district primarily includes one-story and two-story commercial buildings dating to the early- to mid ...
The North Carolina legislature created Ashe County in late 1799 with an area of 977 square miles (2,530 km 2 ). Many family surnames noted in the 1800 Ashe County Census, Blevins, Hart, Bare, Barker, Stamper, Miller, Burkett, Gambill, Baldwin, and Ballou as a sample, are still present today. Ashe County was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, a ...
336. FIPS code. 37-34440 [ 3] GNIS feature ID. 2405910 [ 2] Website. www .townofjefferson .org. Jefferson is a town in and the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. [ 4] The population was 1,622 at the 2020 U.S. census.
New River State Park. / 36.41528°N 81.38722°W / 36.41528; -81.38722. New River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it covers 3,323 acres (13.45 km 2) [2] in the protected New River watershed. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in ...
USGS Warrensville. Three Top Mountain (variant names: Three Tops) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located west of the town of West Jefferson. Its elevation reaches 5,020 feet (1,530 m) [1] at its highest peak, unofficially named "Big Rock." [4] Three Top also has ten other sub-peaks of varying height.
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, located on Highway 194, in West Jefferson, was built in 1905. In 1972, the Rev. Faulton Hodge became priest in charge and later agreed to let Ben Long, a young artist newly returned to North Carolina from studying in Italy, paint wet plaster frescoes on the interior walls of St. Mary's.
West of Grassy Creek off NC 16 on State Route 1532: Grassy Creek: 26: West Jefferson Historic District: West Jefferson Historic District: October 5, 2007 : Roughly bounded by State St., 3rd Ave., 2nd St.& Wilton Ave.