Jefferson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 527 at the 2020 census (down from 676 at the 2010 census). 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.
Geography
Jefferson is located at (38.374102, -81.778726).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.4 km<sup>2</sup>); 0.3 square miles (0.9 km<sup>2</sup>) of this is land, and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km<sup>2</sup>) is water.
Demographics
As of the census