Washington, DC is the home base of the federal government. Jefferson County is particularly attractive to the Biotech and Healthcare industry because of its proximity and easy access to the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and other federal entities involved in or regulating these two industries. Our centralized location also provides easy access to the pool of experienced and trained scientists, as well as Johns Hopkins and other universities producing graduates in related fields.
Our proximity to the DC metropolitan area enables many of our residents to commute to government installations outside of Jefferson County.
Jefferson County and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia boast their own lineup of federal installations including:
Jefferson County, WV
- Department of Interior and US Fish and Wildlife Services, National Conservation Training Center
- National Park Service - Appalachian National Scenic Trail and Harpers Ferry Center
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - Museum Management, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, Stephen T. Mather Training Center
- US Customs & Border Protection
- USDA Appalachian Fruit Research Station
- USDI US Geological Survey Leetown Science Center
Berkeley County, WV
- 167th Airlift Wing, WV Air National Guard
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF)
- Enterprise Computing Center (IRS)
- National Park Service - Appalachian Trail Land Acquisition Office
- US Coast Guard National Maritime Center
- US Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center
- US Coast Guard Operations Center
- U.S. Postal Service
- US District Court
- USDA - Farm Service Agency, NRCS, Potomac Headwaters RC&D, Rural Development
- VA Medical Center
