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Location: Northwest Florida in the
Panhandle bordering Georgia and the Gulf of Mexico and Taylor,
Leon, Wakulla and Madison Counties. |
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Population: 12,902 (Census 2000) Area: 636.65 Square Miles Land Area: 597.74 Square Miles Water Area: 38.91 Square Miles County Seat: Monticello |
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Average temperature: January - 53.5 degrees, August - 80.5 degrees.
Average rainfall: 57.74
History: Jefferson County was established in 1827 from Escambia County and named for Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President, who died in 1826. Before the Civil War, Jefferson County developed into a plantation agriculture society. Many houses from that era remain in Monticello, the county seat.
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