page_title: Jefferson, New Hampshire
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Jefferson, New Hampshire / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Presidential Range in c. 1905, Jefferson, NH; from an old postcard.
context_page_description: Jefferson is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2010 census. It is home to parts of the White Mountain National Forest in the south and northeast and to Santa's Village, a Christmas-themed amusement park. There are also several private campgrounds, motels and inns.
  Jefferson is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire–Vermont Micropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Jefferson is located on U.S. Route 2 between Lancaster and Randolph, near the midpoint between the Vermont and Maine borders.  Set astride the broad Israel River valley, the town commands remarkable views of the Presidential Range and other White Mountain summits.  Mount Starr King, with an elevation of 3,907 feet (1,191 m) above sea level and named for Thomas Starr King, is the highest point in town, near the town's northern border. It is regularly traversed by hikers scaling nearby 4,006-foot (1,221 m) Mount Waumbek, one of the "four-thousand footers"—the 48 peaks above 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in New Hampshire. Jefferson lies fully within the Connecticut River watershed.
  In the past few years, thousands of acres of Jefferson have been sold or donated by private interests to the White Mountain National Forest. These include the Randolph Town Forest, a part of which is within the boundaries of Jefferson, the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, and Mount Starr King.
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 50.4 square miles (131 km²), of which 50.2 sq mi (130 km²) is land and 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km²) is water, comprising 0.46% of the town.
caption: Presidential Range c. 1905
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