Jefferson, WV

Jefferson is a census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The 2020 census counted 527 residents. Jefferson was incorporated on March 22, 1997, but was disincorporated less than a decade later on February 21, 2007. In January 2001, Jefferson was profiled on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart by faux reporter Stephen Colbert. The through line in Jefferson is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Jefferson makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.