Welcome to Jasper County ...
Time Zone: Jasper County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Bay Springs is the Seat for Jasper County.
Jasper County was founded in 1833. Jasper was created by taking area from Jones and Wayne Counties.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Jasper had a population of 16,383 people. This is a decrease of 3.73% since the last Census (which gave a population of 17,018 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Jasper represented 0.57% of the total population of Mississippi.
Below are some of the communities located in Jasper County:
- Bay Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Heidelberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Louin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Louin is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Websites specific to Jasper County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jones County
- Lauderdale County
- Newton County
- Scott County
- Smith County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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