JEFFERSON REALTY
ABOUT JEFFERSON AND CADDO LAKE
Jefferson is a lifestyle community where you come as you are to experience its friendly,
unpretentious culture and its natural resources. It is a community on a human scale, not
dominated by the automobile. It offers its visitors and residents a rare opportunity in
America to reach many businesses, government, cultural resources, entertainment and
educational venues and services by walking, bicycling or by golf cart. It has a beautifully
preserved, unique way of life overflowing with character and gracious hospitality among
neighbors and visitors. Jefferson has many important historical sites and buildings of the mid-19 th century
architecture, a fascinating heritage and contemporary appeal. Jefferson’s culture
supports learning, innovation, entrepreneurship, artistic achievement and
environmental conservation in a relaxed setting. It also offers many festivals, fine
dining, a lively nightlife and a robust annual Mardi Gras celebration. Jefferson has a sense of place where you can develop new and lasting friendships. Located on both banks of Big Cypress Bayou, this refined community exists side by side
with deep forests, horse farms, cattle ranches, cypress water gardens, hills, swamps and
lakes. Nearby, Caddo Lake has been designated by the United Nations through the Ramsar
Treaty as a wetland of international importance. It has also been named by Travel +
Leisure magazine as one of the 12 most beautiful lakes in America. Jefferson is connected to and upstream from Caddo Lake by Big Cypress Bayou. In the
mid-19 th century, both were used for a water route for steamboat shipping from New
Orleans, St. Louis and all parts in between to Jefferson where thousands of pioneers to
Texas first set foot on Texas soil as they disembarked from the steamboats to settle in
the West. Today, in and around Jefferson and Caddo Lake, there are all kinds of places to live with
opportunities to purchase forested tracts, lake houses, historic homes and contemporary
homes and buildings with Jefferson-style architecture. Jefferson has been named as #2 on Buzzfeed’s 26 Best Small Towns in America. It has
also been included in Travel Seven’s list of 50 of America’s most charming towns with a
population of 50,000 or under. We hope you will stay a lifetime.
