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Welcome to Jasper ...The city of Jasper is located in Dubois County<1> and is the County Seat for Dubois County. Google driving directions from your current location to Jasper (Patience, this may take a moment). While we don't have a date for the founding of Jasper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Jasper has a population of 15,682 people<2> (see below for details). Jasper is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Jasper lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Jasper (for example, toward Dale), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Jasper: 812 & 930<4> The ZIP codes for Jasper: 47546-47547, 47549<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Jasper had an population of 15,682 people. This is an increase of 4.28% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 29.6% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Jasper had a population of 15,038 people (which is 35.89% of the total population of Dubois County). This makes Jasper the county's most populous community. The population of Jasper represents 0.23% of the population of Indiana (which has 6,483,802 people), making it the state's 55th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 15,038 people, the population of Jasper increased 24.28% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 12,100 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Jasper. 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, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, 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. Websites for Jasper ...Chamber of Commerce: www.jasperin.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Jasper, the following might be of interest: 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. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Jasper. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jasper ...Looking for more information about Jasper? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Jasper, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor 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.<8> We also found Jasper in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Jasper. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jasper. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov Footnotes ...
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