page_title: Jefferson Jimplecute
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Jefferson Jimplecute / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page Header from 1911
context_page_description: The Jefferson Jimplecute is a weekly newspaper published in the city of Jefferson, Texas. It is the newspaper of record and the county seat newspaper serving Marion County. It was founded in 1848 by Ward Taylor and is the fifth-oldest newspaper in the state. It is currently owned and published by Marion County Media.
context_section_description: Regarded as one of the nation's historic newspapers, archived editions are available at the Library of Congress.
  In 2015, the Jimplecute's entire staff quit at once in a dispute over pay and announced plans to start a rival newspaper.  The Jimplecute remained in business and continued to produce its weekly print edition with a replacement staff each week since.  
  In 2020, the newspaper gained national attention when it published an obituary that blamed United States President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and others for the death of a man from complications of Covid-19.
  On August 21, 2020, it was announced that two former Jimplecute editors purchased the publication from Strube-Palmer Media. Hugh Lewis and Austin Lewter, both having been editors of the Jimplecute at varying times in its past, partnered to acquire the publication and now operate it as co-publishers.
caption: Jefferson Jimplecute Front Page Header from 1911
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