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Jefferson City is located on the northern edge of the Ozark Plateau on the southern side of the Missouri River in a region known as Mid-Missouri, that is roughly mid-way between the state's two large urban areas of Kansas City to the west and St. Louis in the east (along the west bank of the Mississippi River).
Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Jefferson City, the state capital. [2]
The Jefferson City metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties – Cole, Callaway, Moniteau, and Osage – in central Missouri anchored by the city of Jefferson City. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 150,316. [2]
Jefferson City is located in northern Jefferson County at (36.116389, -83.486500 It is bordered to the west by New Market , to the south by Dandridge , and to the northeast by Morristown . U.S. Route 11E , the Andrew Johnson Highway, passes through the south side of the city.
Located in Jefferson City at 201 West Capitol Avenue, it is the third capitol to be built in the city. (The previous two were demolished after they were damaged by fire.) The domed building, designed by the New York City architectural firm of Tracy and Swartwout, was completed in 1917. [3]
Jefferson City is an Amtrak train station in Jefferson City, Missouri, United States. The station is located on the ground floor of the former Union Hotel, which was built in 1855 and is part of the Jefferson Landing State Historic Site . [ 2 ]
The Missouri State Penitentiary was designed by John Haviland and constructed in the early 1830s to serve the newly admitted (1821) state of Missouri.Jefferson City had been designated the state capital in 1822, and Governor John Miller suggested that the state's main prison be constructed there to help the city maintain its somewhat tenuous status against other towns trying to obtain the ...
Columbia Regional Airport (IATA: COU, ICAO: KCOU) [2] is a commercial passenger airport serving Columbia, Missouri.Located about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Columbia in Boone County, Missouri, it is the only commercial airport in Mid-Missouri and also serves the state capital of Jefferson City. [1]