History

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, founded in 1859, has a long and colorful history from the Old West through the present day.

History By Decade

• 1859 to 1869 The Pioneer Decade (PDF)
• 1870 to 1879 The Industrial Age (PDF)
  
• 1880 to 1889 The Age of Enlightenment (PDF)
• 1890 to1899 The Gay Nineties (PDF)
• 1900 to 1909 A New Century (PDF)
• 1910 to 1919 The World War One Years (PDF)
• 1920 to 1929 The Roaring Twenties (PDF)
• 1930 to 1939 The Dirty Thirties (PDF)
  
• 1940 to 1949 The Decade of the Second World War (PDF)
• 1950 to 1959 The Fabulous Fifties (PDF)
  
• 1960 to 1969 The Turbulent Sixties (PDF)
• 1970 to 1979 The Age of Technology (PDF)