Jefferson County

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administrative division county

Jefferson County is a county in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia known for its historic towns, Civil War sites, and proximity to the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.

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Label Occurrences
Jefferson County canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
bordersWaterBody Potomac River ⓘ
Shenandoah River ⓘ
borderWith Berkeley County, West Virginia ⓘ
Clarke County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loudoun County, Virginia ⓘ
Washington County, Maryland ⓘ
climate humid subtropical to humid continental transition ⓘ
contains Harpers Ferry Gap ⓘ
containsSettlement Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
Ranson, West Virginia ⓘ
Shepherdstown, West Virginia ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Charles Town, West Virginia ⓘ
federalRepresentation United States congressional district (West Virginia’s 2nd congressional district) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives, West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
hasCourthouse Jefferson County Courthouse (Charles Town) ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Shepherd University ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent John Brown-related trial and events in Charles Town ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Antietam-related Civil War sites vicinity ⓘ
Charles Town Historic District ⓘ
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ
Shepherdstown Historic District ⓘ
hasIndustry commuter-based employment to Washington, D.C. area ⓘ
government services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural land ⓘ
rural residential ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
hasRailService Amtrak service at Harpers Ferry ⓘ
Harpers Ferry station ⓘ
surface form: MARC commuter rail at Harpers Ferry
hasRiverConfluence confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers near Harpers Ferry ⓘ
hasTransportation U.S. Route 340 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 340 Alternate NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia Route 9 ⓘ
knownFor Civil War sites ⓘ
historic towns ⓘ
proximity to the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers ⓘ
largestCity Charles Town, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachian region of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Appalachian region
namedAfter Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ
partOf Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia → county → Jefferson County ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → locatedInCounty → Jefferson County ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → county → Jefferson County ⓘ