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a city in and the capital of Missouri, in the central part, on the Missouri River. 33,619.
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City (pop., 2000: 39,636), capital of Missouri, U.S. Located on the Missouri River near the centre of the state, it was selected as the site of the state capital in 1821.Named for Thomas Jefferson, it was incorporated as a town in 1825 and as a city in 1839. Loyalties were divided during the American Civil War, but it remained in the Union. The Capitol, completed in 1918, contains murals by Thomas Hart Benton. It is the trading centre for surrounding farmlands and has diversified manufacturing. Lincoln University was founded there by black veterans of the Union army in 1866.* * *
capital of Missouri, U.S., and seat of Cole county, on the Missouri River, near the geographic centre of the state. The site for the state capital was selected in 1821. The land had been donated under an act of the U.S. Congress that specified it be within 40 miles (64 km) of the mouth of the Osage River. Named for President Thomas Jefferson, it was laid out by Daniel M. Boone, son of the Kentucky frontiersman. Loyalties were divided during the American Civil War, but the city remained in the Union. Jefferson City is the trading centre for surrounding farmlands and has diversified manufacturing (automotive seating, specialty paper and printing supplies, electric appliances and transformers, printing, cosmetics). The capitol (1911–18), constructed of Carthage and Phoenix marble, contains celebrated murals by Thomas Hart Benton. The state prison (1833) prevented the city from becoming the site of the state university. Lincoln University, founded there in 1866 by African American Union Army veterans, is now racially integrated. Inc. town, 1825; city, 1839. Pop. (2000) city, 39,636; Jefferson City MSA, 140,052; (2005 est.) city, 39,062; (2004 est.) Jefferson City MSA, 142,448.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
