Jefferson City, Missouri : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

City of Jefferson City

Official name

City of Jefferson City

Settlement type

Country

State

Counties

Government

Mayor

Eric J. Struemph

Geography

Total Area

28.3 sq mi (73.3 km2)

Land Area

27.3 sq mi (70.7 km2)

Water Area

1.0 sq mi (2.6 km2)

Elevation

630 ft (192 m)

Demography

Total Population

43079 (2010)

Density (pop.)

561.4/km² (1454.4/sq mi)

Metro (pop.)

149807

Other information

Time zone

CST (UTC-6)

- Summer (DST)

CDT (UTC-5)

ZIP codes

65101-65111

Area code

573

FIPS code

29-37000

GNIS feature ID

0758233

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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.