Jefferson, Jefferson County, Arkansas

Jefferson, Arkansas
Jefferson Springs, Arkansas
Unincorporated community
Jefferson
Jefferson
Coordinates: 34°22′50.4″N 92°09′50.5″W / 34.380667°N 92.164028°W / 34.380667; -92.164028Coordinates: 34°22′50.4″N 92°09′50.5″W / 34.380667°N 92.164028°W / 34.380667; -92.164028
Country  United States
State  Arkansas
County Jefferson
Township Jefferson
Elevation 344 ft (105 m)
Time zone UTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−05:00 (CDT)
ZIP code (s) 72079
Area code (s) 501
GNIS feature ID 77370
Major airport LIT

Jefferson, also known as Jefferson Springs, is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas.[1] It is situated on the Union Pacific Railway (UP), 15.5 miles (24.9 km) northwest of Pine Bluff, the county seat.[2][3] Jefferson is home to the National Center for Toxicological Research.[4]

Education

Jefferson is served by the White Hall School District.

FDA Laboratory

The US Food and Drug Administration Arkansas Laboratory in Jefferson is a 146,400 square feet (13,600 m2) research facility that serves as headquarters for the National Center for Toxicological Research, as well as the Arkansas Regional Laboratories, an FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs Southwest Region laboratory.[5]

The FDA laboratory in Jefferson is the headquarters of the National Center for Toxicological Research

References

  1. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski, Jefferson, Lonoke, Faulkner, Grant, Saline, Perry, Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas. Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis: Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1889. p. 134. LCCN 01001243. OL 24190554M – via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Pine Bluff and Jefferson County, Arkansas: Full Description (World's Fair ed.). Jefferson County Bureau of Agriculture, Manufactures and Immigration. May 1893. p. 13. LCCN 25000261 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jefferson, Jefferson County, Arkansas
  4. ↑ "About the National Center for Toxicological Research". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Toxicology Research at FDA (NCTR Campus)". Flickr. US Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

Further reading

  • "At Jefferson Springs". Daily Arkansas Gazette (248). Little Rock (published September 5, 1888). September 4, 1888. p. 1.
  • Leslie, James W. (1981). Pine Bluff and Jefferson County: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Va.: Donning Co. ISBN 978-0898651485. LCCN 81005481. OCLC 7462693.
  • Moneyhon, Carl H. (1997). West, Elliott, ed. Arkansas and the New South 1874-1929. Histories of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-490-3. LCCN 97026932. OCLC 37269309. OL 680393M.
  • "Petitions Are Filed: Jefferson Springs, on Iron Mountain, Wants Trains Stopped—Searcy Asks Better Service". Arkansas Democrat. 39 (45). Little Rock. November 10, 1909. p. 2.
  • Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Arkansas (Map). 1:900,000. Rand, McNally & Co. 1898. LCCN 98688447. Retrieved July 4, 2017 – via Library of Congress.


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