| Official Name: | Jefferson, Alabama |
| Pushpin Map: | Alabama#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Jefferson |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Alabama |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 32.3858°N -87.8982°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marengo |
| Elevation Ft: | 233 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 36745 |
| Area Code: | 334 |
Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is the birthplace of sculptor Geneva Mercer.[2]
Jefferson appeared on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Censuses. In 1870, it reported 233 residents. Of those, 143 (61%) were black and 90 (39%) were white.[3] Racial demographics in 1880 were not reported. These were the only two occasions on which it appeared on census records.
It was founded in 1810, before Marengo was a county or Alabama was a state. Most of the original settlers were veterans of the American Revolution, including John Sample, John Gilmore, and Reuben Hildreth.[4] The village was named Jefferson in 1820, after Thomas Jefferson, and that year saw the first church established.[4] The population had reached 200 people by 1860 and the village contained two dry goods stores, one drugstore, a male and a female academy, a Masonic Lodge, a hotel, two tanneries, a wagon shop, and a blacksmith shop.[4]
Jefferson is located at 32.3858°N -87.8982°W and has an elevation of 233feet.