Jefferson was officially founded by Gideon Granger—U.S. Postmaster General during Thomas Jefferson's administration—in 1803.
Thaddeus Leavitt Esq. and Suffield businessmen Oliver Phelps (then the largest landowner in America), Gideon Granger, Luther Loomis and Asahel Hatheway owned between them one-quarter of all the lands assigned to Connecticut in the Western Reserve.
Stewart Granger | Gideon Welles | Granger, Indiana | Gideon Moi | Gideon | Walter W. Granger | Gideon Orkar | Gideon Mantell | Gideon Koren | Farley Granger | Jeff Granger | Gordon Granger | Gideon v. Wainwright | Gideon's Way | Gideon Force | Gideon Defoe | Gideon Coe | Clarence Earl Gideon | Sampson Gideon | Robert S. Granger | John Granger | Granger, Wyoming | Granger Community Church | Gideon's Crossing | Gideon Macon | Gideon London | Gideon Granger | David A. Granger | Sword of Gideon | Sharon 'Shaz' Granger |