Editing Jefferson County, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
Jefferson County was created in 1836 as part of [[Wisconsin Territory]] and was organized in 1839.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies|website=Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=[[Newberry Library|The Newberry Library]]|date=2007|access-date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=April 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414132220/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WI_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Jefferson County was founded by "Yankee" settlers from [[New England]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jefferson County Historic Alliance |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44807135 |title=Jefferson county, Wisconsin |publisher=Arcadia |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7385-0307-3 |location=Charleston, SC |oclc=44807135}}</ref> It was named after [[Jefferson County, New York]], where some of the original settlers came from.<ref>"[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3400&search_term=JEFFERSON+COUNTY Term: Jefferson County &#91;origin of place name&#93;] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212857/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3400&search_term=JEFFERSON+COUNTY |date=March 4, 2016 }}" in ''Dictionary of Wisconsin History''.</ref> The town of [[Watertown, Wisconsin]], was named after [[Watertown, New York]], in [[Jefferson County, New York]].