Jefferson Pennsylvania Map

About Jefferson, Pennsylvania

Jefferson is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 253. The population density is 519.6 people per km². Jefferson is located at 39.9305°N, 80.0577°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Jefferson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15312, 16232, 17311.

Jefferson occupies a landscape where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells, grounding the horizon in the quiet gravity of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 7.6 miles east of Hanover, PA (from Hanover, PA: bearing 81°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-northeast of Parkville. To the west, the distant blue silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the sky, while the immediate geography is defined by the gentle, fertile depression of Buffalo Valley. Within this basin, the land holds a cool, damp stillness during the early hours, when the light catches the dew on the fields and turns the grass to a soft, brushed silver. Jefferson Borough Square Park serves as the central anchor for the local geography, offering a patch of managed green that balances the surrounding stretches of open field and dense woodland. Nearby, the steady flow of Codorus Creek carves a narrow path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting gray and amber tones of the canopy above as it moves toward the broader, stiller reaches of Lake Marburg.

Jefferson carries a history deeply rooted in the slow, methodical labor of an agrarian past, a legacy that still informs the way the day unfolds across its quiet lanes. The local economy persists in a steady calibration between small-scale industry and the enduring rhythms of the soil, favoring a pace that values consistency over the clamor of rapid expansion. You can hear it in the way the wind moves through the mature trees, brushing against the brick facades that have weathered decades of seasonal change without losing their composure. Even now, the cultural character of the place remains tethered to the traditions of its founding, where the pride of a craft or the maintenance of a home is seen as a quiet, necessary duty. Whether in the stillness of a Sunday afternoon or the focused activity of a workday, Jefferson maintains a composed, self-contained existence, indifferent to the pressures of the wider world beyond its borders.

About This Jefferson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jefferson, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.93045, -80.057713. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jefferson includes the ZIP code (15312, 16232, 17311), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of York County (York), and school district assignment (Jefferson-Morgan School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.