Jefferson County Courthouse is located at 155 Main Street, Brookville PA 16825; phone: 814‑849‑1653.
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Beginnings [1]
Formed March 26, 1804; named for Thomas Jefferson; steep and rugged hills line the water courses of every stream, alternating with fine valley land, traversed by good roads through most picturesque scenery; the views are a continual delight. In early days large tracts of this land were held by rich proprietors who would neither improve nor sell at a fair price. The pioneer hewed his canoes out of pine trees, large enough to receive a barrel of flour crosswise; a homemade rope of flax was attached to the front to pull them over the ripples. The county is wonderfully rich in coal and an abundance of natural gas, and has developed more along commercial than it has along artistic lines. Chief industries: stock raising, coal, iron, glass, and silk.