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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about North Jasper. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with North Jasper.<1>
Our sources for North Jasper (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of North Jasper other than they indicate that North Jasper would be found somewhere in Steuben County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1862 and closed in 1901.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Jasper ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about North Jasper:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for North Jasper - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for North Jasper.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 36/53099 (Place Name: North Jasper)
County: Steuben (FIPS State/County: 36/101)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, North Jasper) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Steuben County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |