What is Jefferson, North Carolina?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Jefferson, North Carolina | settlement_type = [[Town]] | nickname = | motto = | named_for = [[Thomas Jefferson]] | image_skyline = Mount Jefferson-27527-2.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Aerial view of Jefferson | image_seal = | image_map = NCMap-doton-Jefferson.PNG | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in [[North Carolina]] | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in North Carolina|County]] | subdivision_name = [[United States]] | subdivision_name1 = [[North Carolina]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Ashe County, North Carolina|Ashe]] | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | established_title = Founded | established_date = as Jeffersonton (1799) <br />as Jefferson (1799) | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = 2.12 | area_total_km2 = 5.48 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.11 | area_land_km2 = 5.47 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_km2 = 0.01 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_note = | population_total = 1622 | population_metro = | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 296.33 | population_density_sq_mi = 767.63 | timezone = [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]] | utc_offset = −5 | timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] | utc_offset_DST = −4 | coordinates