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Jefferson City, Missouri

Jefferson City, Missouri
Administration
Full nameCity of Jefferson City
Official nameCity of Jefferson City
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountiesCallaway, Cole
Government
MayorEric J. Struemph
Geography
Total Area28.3 sq mi (73.3 km2)
Land Area27.3 sq mi (70.7 km2)
Water Area1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Elevation630 ft (192 m)
Demography
Total Population43079 (2010)
Density (pop.)561.4/km2 (1454.4/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)149807
Other information
Time zoneCST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes65101-65111
Area code573
FIPS code29-37000 
GNIS feature ID0758233 

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Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079. Jefferson City was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

Jefferson City is on the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau on the southern side of the Missouri River near the geographic center of the state, in a region known as Mid-Missouri. It is at the western edge of the Missouri Rhineland, one of the major wine-producing regions of the Midwest. The city is dominated by the domed Capitol, rising from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River to the north. Lewis and Clark passed beneath that bluff on their historic expedition upriver before Europeans established any settlement there.


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