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Welcome to Jasper ...

So far, we found very little information about Jasper. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jasper to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jasper, please Contact Us.

Jasper would have been located within present day Rio Grande County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jasper, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jasper is 9,100 feet [2,774 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Jasper is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Jasper was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Jasper was located: 719

Communities Also Named Jasper ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Jasper - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jasper.

Communities near Jasper ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jasper.

  • Del Norte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • South Fork
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
    • South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <4>
  • Platoro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Summitville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Gerrard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Agua Ramon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Monte Vista
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
    • Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <4>
  • Capulin
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Homelake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homelake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homelake
    • Homelake is located in Rio Grande County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homelake <4>
  • Parma
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Alamosa County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Parma
    • From Jasper to Parma

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Jasper. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jasper.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jasper. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jasper.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jasper. See our Newspapers Page for Jasper.

Adding Jasper to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jasper in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Jasper was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Jasper post office opened in 1882.

We also found Jasper in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jasper.

The official website for Rio Grande County: www.riograndecounty.org/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jasper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Rio Grande, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jasper - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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