Jefferson City Wedding

Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri, a state of the United States of America. It is the principal city of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of both Callaway and Cole Counties. As of the 2000 census, the population is 39,636. It is the county seat of Cole County. Part of the city is in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.

In pre-Columbian times, this region was home of an ancient people known only as the Mound Builders. By the time European settlers began arriving here, the Mound Builders had already vanished into history and the indigenous peoples were called the Osage Indians. (See Also: Osage Nation)