Jefferson County, WV

Jefferson County West Virginia is located to the far west of the Washington Metropolitan Region and is the furthest county east in West Virginia. The county is bound on the north by the Potomac River, on the east by the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers and Loudoun County, VA, on the south by Clarke County, VA. Jefferson County covers 212.41 square miles, varies in elevation from a low of 275 feet above sea level at Harpers Ferry to a high of 1000 feet at the top of the mountain east of the Shenandoah River, and is located about 58 miles from Washington, DC, and 67 miles from Baltimore, MD.

Agricultural Acreage in 2007: 172,091
Number of Farms: 546
Number of Farm Markets: 4
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/farmman2/farmmrkts.htm#Jefferson
Top three to five Agricultural Products:Hay & other forage, Milk & dairy products, grains, and cattle.

Total Local Economic Contribution of Agriculture:

• Revenue from agriculture: $83,691,000
• Revenue per farm average $199,160
• Crop sales $20,434,000(24%)
• Livestock Sales $ 63,257,000 (76%)

Other Farm-Related Products or Activities in the County:

Calendar of Events: http://calendar.wvu.edu/exten/index.php

Agricultural Lands protected: 2,271acres (Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board)

Principal Agricultural Contacts: