Ashe County Courthouse

Jefferson is a town in and the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,622 at the 2020 U.S. census.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Jefferson, North Carolina.

Mount Jefferson is a mountain located in Ashe County, North Carolina. The mountain is part of the Mount Jefferson State Natural Area. The mountain has an elevation of 4,665 feet (1,422 m) above sea level, and it sharply rises more than 1,600 feet above the towns of Jefferson, North Carolina and West Jefferson. A paved road leads to the mountain's summit; on a clear day the summit affords sweeping views of the surrounding countryside, the towns of Jefferson and West Jefferson, and the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The mountain has a secondary peak at the eastern end of its ridge which is marked as Luther Rock on trails and as Luther Overlook on USGS maps.

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area is a 1,188-acre (4.81 km2) North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it includes the peak of Mount Jefferson, named for Thomas Jefferson and his father Peter, who owned land nearby and surveyed the North Carolina-Virginia border in 1749. In 1974, Mount Jefferson State Natural Area was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.

West Jefferson Historic District is a national historic district located at West Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings in the central business district of West Jefferson. The district primarily includes one-story and two-story commercial buildings dating to the early- to mid-20th century. Notable buildings include the West Jefferson Hotel (1917), Graybeal's Rexall Drugstore Building (c. 1950), Parkway Theater (1939), Dr. Pepper Bottling Company building (c. 1940), First Baptist Church (1929), Benjamin Cornett House, and West Jefferson Depot.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Ashe County High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9–12 located in West Jefferson, North Carolina, US. ACHS is situated in the extreme northwestern portion of the state. It is the only high school in the Ashe County Schools system.

The Ashe Post & Times is a bi-weekly newspaper printed in West Jefferson, North Carolina. It prints news, announcements, and obituaries as the newspaper of record for Ashe County. The newspaper formed after The Jefferson Post and Ashe Mountain Times merged in 2017. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group.

Ashe County ( ASH) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,577. Its county seat is Jefferson.

West Jefferson is a town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2020 census.

Jefferson Township is one of nineteen townships in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 4,718 as of the 2010 census and is the largest township in Ashe County by population. Jefferson Township occupies 33.0 square miles (85.5 km2) in central Ashe County. The incorporated municipalities within Jefferson Township are the town of Jefferson, the county seat of Ashe County, and parts of the town of West Jefferson.

Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, located off U.S. Route 221, south of West Jefferson. The Virginia-Carolina Railway once had service through this area. The Virginia–Carolina Railway was an interstate railroad in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. It ran from Abingdon in Washington County, Virginia to Todd in Ashe County. The line charted a complicated course through the mountains of the area, crossing the Blue Ridge near Mount Rogers.

Warrensville (formerly known as Buffalo Creek) is an unincorporated community at the intersection of North Carolina Highways 88 and 194 in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, east of Comet. It lies at an elevation of 2,707 feet (825 m). The ZIP Code for Warrensville is 28693.