List of memorials to Thomas Jefferson

This is a list of memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and 3rd president of the United States and the author of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Buildings

Elementary schools

Jefferson Elementary School, in Cammack Village, Arkansas
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Anaheim, California
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Burbank, California
Jefferson Elementary School (Corona, California), part of Corona-Norco Unified School District
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Glendale, California
Jefferson Elementary School (Redondo Beach, California)
Thomas Jefferson School (Sacramento, California), a historic school building
Jefferson Elementary School (Santa Ana, California)
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Chicago, Illinois
Jefferson Elementary School (Vandalia, Illinois)
Jefferson Elementary School (Washington, Indiana)
Jefferson Elementary School (Creston, Iowa)
Jefferson School (Massachusetts), a historic school building in Weymouth, Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore, Maryland
Jefferson-Barnes Elementary, Westland, Michigan (closed)
Jefferson Elementary School (Winona, Minnesota)
Jefferson School (Cape Girardeau, Missouri), a historic school building
Jefferson Elementary School (Westfield, New Jersey)
Jefferson Elementary, Huntington, New York
Thomas Jefferson, Morristown, New Jersey
Jefferson School, Union City, New Jersey
Jefferson Elementary School, Hobbs, New Mexico
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Eastlake, Ohio), part of Willoughby-Eastlake Schools
Jefferson Schoolhouse, a historic building in Indian Hill, Ohio
Jefferson Elementary School (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)
Jefferson School (Clifton Forge, Virginia), a historic school building
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Falls Church, Virginia), part of Falls Church City Public Schools
Jefferson Elementary School (Spokane, Washington)
Jefferson Elementary School (Tacoma, Washington), part of Tacoma Public Schools
Jefferson Elementary School, in Appleton, Wisconsin

High schools

Jefferson County High School (Arkansas), in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, later known as Coleman High School
Jefferson High School (Daly City, California)
Jefferson High School (Los Angeles), California
Jefferson High School (Mt. Shasta, California)
Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, in Burbank, California
Thomas Jefferson High School (Denver), Colorado
Jefferson High School (Edgewater, Colorado)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Tampa, Florida)
Jefferson County High School (Florida), in Jefferson County, Florida
Jefferson County High School (Georgia), in Louisville, Georgia
Thomas Jefferson Academy (Georgia)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Rockford, Illinois)
Jefferson High School (Indiana)
Jefferson High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa)
Jefferson County High School (Kentucky), in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson High School (Gretna, Louisiana)
East Jefferson High School, in Metairie, Louisiana
West Jefferson High School (Louisiana), in Harvey, Louisiana
Jefferson Schools, a public school district in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan
Jefferson High School (Alexandria, Minnesota), now Alexandria Area High School
Jefferson High School (Bloomington, Minnesota)
Jefferson County High School (Mississippi), in Jefferson County, Mississippi
Jefferson High School (Missouri), in Conception Junction, Missouri
Thomas Jefferson School (St. Louis, Missouri), a coeducational boarding and day school
Jefferson High School (Montana)
Thomas Jefferson High School (New Jersey)
Jefferson Township High School (New Jersey), in Oak Ridge, New Jersey
Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, a public high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn), New York
Thomas Jefferson High School (Rochester, New York)
Thomas Jefferson Academy (North Carolina)
Jefferson High School (Delphos, Ohio)
Jefferson Township High School (Ohio), in Dayton, Ohio
Jefferson Area High School (Jefferson, Ohio)
Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon)
Jefferson High School (Jefferson, Oregon)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania)
Thomas Jefferson School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now Bodine High School for International Affairs
Thomas Jefferson High School (South Dakota)
Jefferson County High School (Tennessee), in Jefferson County, Tennessee
Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas), Texas
Jefferson High School (El Paso, Texas)
Jefferson High School (Jefferson, Texas)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Port Arthur, Texas)
Thomas Jefferson High School (San Antonio), Texas
Thomas Jefferson High School (1964–1987), in Fairfax County, Virginia (near Alexandria)
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Fairfax County, Virginia (near Alexandria)
Jefferson School (Charlottesville, Virginia), a historic school building
Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Virginia)
Thomas Jefferson High School (Auburn, Washington)
Jefferson High School (Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia)
Jefferson High School (Jefferson, Wisconsin), whose old building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

In fiction

Jefferson High School, in Happy Days

Junior High schools

Middle schools

Universities and colleges

Jefferson State Community College, Birmingham, Alabama
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky
Jefferson College (Louisiana), a former college in Convent, Louisiana
Jefferson College (Mississippi), Washington, Mississippi
Jefferson College (Missouri), Hillsboro, Missouri
Jefferson Community College (Watertown, New York)
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Roanoke, Virginia

Other schools

Instituto Thomas Jefferson, a private K-12 school located in Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico

Jefferson High School Online, a diploma mill
Jefferson School of Social Science (1944-1956), a New York City adult education and training facility of the Communist Party USA

Other buildings

Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Thomas Jefferson Library, University of Missouri-St.Louis
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson State Office Building, Jefferson City, Missouri^[1]

Cities, towns and villages

Jefferson, Georgia
Jefferson, Maine
Jefferson, New Hampshire, first municipality named for Jefferson
Jefferson, Ohio
Jefferson, Oregon
Jefferson, South Dakota
Jefferson, Texas
Jefferson, Wisconsin
Jefferson City, Missouri, state capital
Jefferson City, Tennessee
Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Jefferson Township, New Jersey
Jeffersontown, Kentucky
Port Jefferson, New York
Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania

Counties

It is notable that Jefferson County in Virginia became part of West Virginia as a result of the American Civil War. Virginia sued West Virginia to regain it, but lost the case before the United States Supreme Court when it was decided in 1871.

Mountains

Mountain peaks named after Jefferson
Jefferson Rock, West Virginia

Parks

Jefferson Park (Chicago), a historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Chicago community area of the same name
Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri, was named Jefferson National Expansion Memorial from 1935 until 2018
Jefferson School Park, Hobbs, New Mexico
Thomas Jefferson Park, in New York City
Jefferson Pools, the oldest US spa buildings, where President Jefferson bathed, in Warm Springs, Virginia

Streets

Jefferson Highway, running from New Orleans to Winnipeg
Jefferson Road, Metro Detroit, Michigan
Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, California
Jefferson Drive on the National Mall, Washington, DC
Jefferson Street, Miami Beach, Florida
Jefferson Ave. Newport News, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Parkway. Charlottesville, Virginia
Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jefferson Blvd. Fort Wayne, Indiana
Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, New York
Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona

Other

Jefferson (South state), a 1915 proposed state
Jefferson (Pacific state), a 1941 proposed state
Jefferson Health, a regional health system headquartered at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia
Jefferson Schools, a school district in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan
Jefferson Territory
Jefferson Park, Chicago, one of Chicago's 77 community areas on the city's Northwest Side
Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Minor planet 30928 Jefferson is named in his honor

References

^ Thomas Jefferson State Office Building mo.gov

[1] Thomas Jefferson State Office Building mo.gov

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v t e Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) 2nd Vice President of the United States (1797–1801) 1st United States Secretary of State (1790–1793) U.S. Minister to France (1785–1789) Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (1783–1784) 2nd Governor of Virginia (1779–1781) Delegate to the Second Continental Congress (1775–1776) Delegate, Fifth Virginia Convention (1776)
Founding documents of the United States	A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) Olive Branch Petition (initial draft; 1775) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775) Declaration of Independence (1776) Committee of Five authored physical history "All men are created equal" "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" "Consent of the governed" Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1777 draft and 1786 passage Freedom of religion Land Ordinance of 1784 Land Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance (1787)
French Revolution	Co-author, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
Presidency	Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of Discovery timeline Empire of Liberty Dunbar and Hunter Expedition Red River Expedition Pike Expedition Cumberland Road Embargo Act of 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard affair Non-Intercourse Act First Barbary War Native American policy Burr conspiracy Marbury v. Madison West Point Military Academy State of the Union Addresses 1801 1802 1805 Cabinet Federal judicial appointments
Other noted accomplishments	Early life and career Franco-American alliance Founder, University of Virginia history Ratification Day Anti-Administration party Democratic-Republican Party Jeffersonian democracy First Party System republicanism Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States (1790) Residence Act Compromise of 1790 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions A Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801) American Creed Jefferson disk Swivel chair Megalonyx
Jeffersonian architecture	Barboursville Farmington Monticello gardens Poplar Forest University of Virginia The Rotunda The Lawn Jefferson Hall Virginia State Capitol White House Colonnades
Other writings	The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary (1786) European journey memorandums (1787) Indian removal letters The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (c. 1819) Jefferson manuscript collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society Founders Online
Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment American Philosophical Society American Revolution patriots Member, Virginia Committee of Correspondence Committee of the States Founding Fathers of the United States Historical reputation Jefferson and education Religious views Jefferson and slavery Jefferson and the Library of Congress Jefferson Pier Pet mockingbird National Gazette Sally Hemings Jefferson–Hemings controversy Betty Hemings Separation of church and state The American Museum magazine Tufton Farm Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Virginia) Virginia dynasty Ward republic
Elections	Presidential elections 1796 1800 1804
Legacy and memorials	Bibliography Jefferson Memorial Mount Rushmore Birthday Thomas Jefferson Building Jefferson River Jefferson Territory Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression Jefferson Lecture Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service Statues Karl Bitter statues Hempstead statue Louisville statue University of Virginia statue David d'Angers statue Jefferson Literary and Debating Society Thomas Jefferson Foundation Jefferson Lab Monticello Association Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson College Thomas Jefferson School of Law Thomas Jefferson University Washington and Jefferson National Forests Peaks and mountains Jefferson Rock Other placenames Jefferson–Jackson Day Currency depictions Jefferson nickel Two-dollar bill Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar Mount Rushmore Anniversary coins 250th Anniversary silver dollar U.S. postage stamps Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Cultural depictions	The Patriots (1946 play) Ben and Me (1953 short) 1776 1969 musical 1972 film Jefferson in Paris (1995 film) Thomas Jefferson (1997 film) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Jefferson's Garden (2015 play) Hamilton 2015 musical 2020 film Washington (2020 miniseries) Wine bottles controversy Cultural depictions of Sally Hemings
Family	Martha Jefferson (wife) Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter) Mary Jefferson Eppes (daughter) Harriet Hemings (daughter) Madison Hemings (son) Eston Hemings (son) Thomas J. Randolph (grandson) Francis Eppes (grandson) George W. Randolph (grandson) John Wayles Jefferson (grandson) Frederick Madison Roberts (great-grandson) Peter Jefferson (father) Jane Randolph Jefferson (mother) Lucy Jefferson Lewis (sister) Randolph Jefferson (brother) Isham Randolph (grandfather) William Randolph (great-grandfather)
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