WEBSITE HOSTING AVAILABLE for COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES: In January 2008, the Greene County Commissioners began offering Municipal Website Hosting, to encourage our townships and boroughs to compile information about their own municipality that would benefit the residents of that municipality.
We're proud to announce that Perry Township has been the first to take advantage of our county website hosting service.
Jefferson Fire Department:
To Report a Fire — 911
For Business Calls Only — 724-883-3901
About Our Borough:
Jefferson Borough was settled 1795. Located in Congressional District 12, 46th Senatorial District and 50th Legislative District of Pennsylvania.
Children living in the Jefferson Borough attend schools within the Jefferson-Morgan School District (Jefferson-Morgan Elementary and High School). Jefferson Borough Voting Precinct: is located in the Jefferson Fire Department Building at 1483 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, PA 15344
(VFD Phone: 724-883-3901). For more information, go to: Polling Precincts or contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304. Jefferson Borough Coordinance: Latitude: 39.930322, Longitude: -80.058993). Comprehensive Plan: the Jefferson Borough multi-municipal Comprehensive Plan is available and can be viewed at the township office.
Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development. Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments (JMRCOG): was created in 2004 and includes Jefferson Township, Morgan Township, Clarksville Borough, Jefferson Borough and Rices Landing Borough. The council was created to allow the municipalities to purchase equipment and materials at a lower cost as well as pull their resources in times of need.
Click here for the Jefferson Borough JMRCOG information (JMRCOG address: P.O. Box 3 Mather, PA 15346 / Phone: 724-883-2150 / Fax: 724-883-3044 and/or Email: jeff-morgcog@jeff-morgcog.org).
Effective August 12, 2008, the Jefferson Morgan Regional Council of Governments enacted a new Multi-Municipal zoning ordinance. The ordinance covers Jefferson Township, Jefferson Borough, Morgan Township, and Clarksville Borough. Rices Landing Borough has it's own ordinance.
Click here for the Jefferson Morgan Multi-Municipal Zoning Ordiance document. Jefferson Borough Council: (List updated 1/12/2010)
Appointed Tax Collector: Central Tax Bureau of PA, Inc.
192 West High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 — Phone: 724-627-8980
Engineer: K-2 Engineering
Zoning Officer: Frank Monick — Phone: 724-322-2166
Building Code Enforcement Officer: Joseph Kurilko
Auditor: The Wright Agency
Constable:
Scheduled Board Meetings: are held at 1st Wednesday at 6:00 PM, in the Jefferson American Legion Building, 156 Franklin Street in Jefferson, PA. Council Meeting Minutes: to view the council's meeting notes, please contact the borough secretary. Building Permits & Ordinances: to view any current permits and/or ordinances for the borough, contact the borough office.
Notable mentions within Jefferson Borough:
The historical properties: John Rex Farm (National Register of Historic Places in the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation).
Organizations:
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department — Phone: 724-229-2643
Ladies Auxiliary - PO Box 123, Codorus PA 17311 - President, Patricia Simpson — Phone: 724-229-2396
The Brothers of the Brush Social Club - President, Jim Miller — Phone: 724-235-3673
The Lions Club - President, Dave Reed
The Sportsman Club - President, Dean Becker — Phone: 724-225-3322 / Website — jeffersonsportsmen.org
Boy Scout Troop - Master- Randy Kolasa 225-3477 / Assistant, Ray Cronister — Phone: 724-225-3680
Girl Scouts - Brownies #806, Viki Garrison — Phone: 724-225-1223 / Jr. Troop #410, Deb Martin — Phone: 724-229-2750
Funeral Home: Behm Funeral Home at 1477 Jefferson Road (Route 188), Jefferson, PA 15344 (Phone: 724-883-2506)
Cemeteries:
Pennsylvania Local Government:
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units.
All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap deographically and may act together to serve the public. Jefferson is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population was 337 at the 2000 census (Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia).
As of 2001, there were 67 counties, 56 cities, 964 boroughs, 1 incorporated town, 1,548 townships (91 first class, 1,457 second class), 501 school districts and 2,198 authorities (active and inactive). The number of local units has remained fairly stable for the past few decades with two major exceptions.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²), all land. Demographics of Jefferson Borough:
Source: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia)
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 337 people, 139 households, and 97 families residing in the borough. The population density was 684.8/km² (1,801.8/mi²).
There were 147 housing units at an average density of 298.7/km² (786.0/mi²).
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.41% White, 0.30% African American, and 0.30% from two or more races.
There were 139 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the borough the population was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years.
For every 100 females there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $40,893. Males had a median income of $28,958 versus $14,219 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $15,294. About 8.9% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.
After passage of school district legislation in 1963 and 1965, the number of school districts diminished radically. Authorities, born as local units during the depression years of the 1930s, have proliferated at a phenomenal pace since then.
Greene County is divided into five (5) area School Districts.
USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the
USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
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For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399. County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
Edward A. Shipley, Mayor
