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.
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 (so far) for Jasper was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jasper. Footnotes ...
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