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West Jefferson

town in North Carolina, United States
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West Jefferson

Summary

West Jefferson is a town in the United States[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • West Jefferson is located in Ashe County[3].
  • West Jefferson is in the country of United States[4].
  • West Jefferson's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[5].
  • West Jefferson's instance of is recorded as city in North Carolina[6].
  • West Jefferson's shares border with is recorded as Abingdon[7].
  • West Jefferson's postal code is recorded as 28694[8].
  • West Jefferson's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[9].
  • West Jefferson's local dialing code is recorded as 336[10].
  • 1909 marks the founding of West Jefferson[11].
  • West Jefferson's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.395277777778, 'lon': -81.491666666667}[12].
  • West Jefferson's official website is recorded as http://www.townofwj.com[13].
  • West Jefferson has a population of {'amount': '+1299'}[14].
  • West Jefferson has a population of {'amount': '+1279'}[15].
  • West Jefferson's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Jefferson'}[16].
  • West Jefferson's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+640'}[17].
  • West Jefferson sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+908'}[18].
  • West Jefferson covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.409483'}[19].
  • West Jefferson covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.399118'}[20].
  • West Jefferson's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0.0732'}[21].
  • West Jefferson's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+18521'}[22].

Body

Founding

1909 marks the founding of West Jefferson[11].

Identity

West Jefferson's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[16].

Why It Matters

West Jefferson has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Plánovací kalendář · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.409483'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.399118'}
    Instance of → town in the United States, city in North Carolina
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Downtown West Jefferson on a September morning.jpg, Import image (P18) from Wikipedia infobox (template harvest)"
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