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Jefferson County, Arkansas is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,435.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05069.html )〕 Its county seat and largest city is Pine Bluff.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Jefferson County' Jefferson County is Arkansas's 21st county, formed on November 2, 1829, from portions of Arkansas and Pulaski counties, and named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. Jefferson County is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== The area that would later become Jefferson County was occupied by the Quapaw when French explorers established the Arkansas Post in the 17th century, in what was claimed as Louisiana, part of New France.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=908 )〕 In March 1819, Robert Crittenden was appointed secretary of Arkansas Territory. That same year, Joseph Bonne, traveling upstream from Arkansas Post, built a cabin on a “high bluff covered with pine trees” on the river’s south bank.〔 Several years later, James Scull, also from Arkansas Post, established a tavern and small inn on the river's north bank, across from what would become the site of Pine Bluff.〔 Five years later, Crittenden convinced the remaining Quapaw to sign the November 15, 1824 treaty relinquishing what remained of their tribal lands.〔 Steamboat travel led to expanding settlement, "bringing to the area such men as French-born Napoleonic soldier Antoine Barraque (Pine Bluff’s principal east-west street was named for him) and brothers James T. and John Pullen (main thoroughfares were named for them)."〔 On November 2, 1829, Territorial Governor John Pope—Crittenden's successor—approved the establishment of Jefferson County. Bonne’s cabin became the county seat; by August 1832, "Pine Bluff Town" became the county seat."〔 In 1886, Jefferson County produced 55,120 bales of cotton, the most in Arkansas, and the second-most throughout the South. Transportation companies serving the county at the time included the Cotton Belt Route, the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, Missouri Pacific, the Arkansas River Packet Company, the Wiley Jones Street Car Lines, and the Citizens Street Railway Company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jefferson County, Arkansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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