Jefferson County was founded in the year 1799 and it took its name from U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. It has an area of 527.19 sq mi. This popular county is home to more than 7.7K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 3.3k households and 2.3K family units. Its county seat is Fayette. It is also the largest city.

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