Do you know of Jasper ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about 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 Jasper.
Our sources for 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 Jasper other than they indicate that Jasper would be found somewhere in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1904.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Jasper ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Jasper.
Within South Dakota, the name Jasper is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jasper [Walker County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Jasper.
- Arkansas
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jasper [Newton County].
- Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Jasper [Rio Grande County].
- Florida
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Jasper [Hamilton County].
- Georgia
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jasper [Pickens County].
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jasper [Dubois County].
- Kansas
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jasper [Linn County].
- Michigan
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jasper [Lenawee County].
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Jasper [Pipestone County].
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jasper [Jasper County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Jasper [Elko County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jasper [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jasper [Craven County].
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jasper [Fayette County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jasper [Pike County].
- Scioto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jasper [Scioto County].
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Jasper [Choctaw County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Jasper.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Jasper [Lane County].
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jasper [Darlington County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jasper [Jasper County].
- Tennessee
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jasper [Marion County].
- Texas
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jasper [Jasper County].
- Virginia
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jasper [Lee County].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jasper ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about 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 Jasper - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Charles Mix County ...
Can you help?
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 Charles Mix County.
| Bartholdi | |
| Burnside | Flora |
| Fridhem | |
| Castalia | |
| Chandler | North Wagner |
| Colvin | |
| White Swan | |
| Edgerton |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Jasper could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |