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Jasper County, Illinois
Jasper County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Newton
Year Organized: 1831
Square Miles: 494
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Court House: 100 West Jourdan Street
County Courthouse
Newton, IL 62448-1973
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Jasper County was named for William Jasper, a Sergeant of the Revolution who, during the action in Charleston
harbor, replaced the flag shot away at Fort Moultrie, and later was killed at Savannah in 1779
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Jasper County was created on February 15, 1831 (Laws, 1831, p. 51) and was formed from Clay and Crawford Counties.
County organization was completed on December 19, 1834. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Crawford
County (1816–1831), Clay County (1824–1821), Edwards County (1815–1816), Madison County (1812–1815), Randolph County
(1803–1812), St. Clair County (1801–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for William Jasper, a Sergeant of the Revolution who, during the action in Charleston harbor,
replaced the flag shot away at Fort Moultrie, and later was killed at Savannah in 1779. The County Seat is Newton
(1835-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 498 square miles (1,290 kmē), of which, 494
square miles (1,280 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.73%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Clark County
- East: Crawford County
- South: Richland County
- Southwest: Clay County
- West: Effingham County
- Northwest: Cumberland County
Cities and Towns:
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- Crooked Creek |
township |
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- Fox |
township |
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- Grandville |
township |
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- Grove |
township |
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- Hidalgo |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hunt City |
township |
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- Newton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Muddy |
township |
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- Rose Hill |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Smallwood |
township |
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- South Muddy |
township |
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- Ste. Marie |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wade |
township |
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- Wheeler |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Willow Hill |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yale |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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