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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
Court House:

100 West Jourdan Street
County Courthouse
Newton, IL 62448-1973

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

County 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:

- Crooked Creek township
- Fox township
- Grandville township
- Grove township
- Hidalgo village Incorporated Area
- Hunt City township
- Newton (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- North Muddy township
- Rose Hill village Incorporated Area
- Smallwood township
- South Muddy township
- Ste. Marie village Incorporated Area
- Wade township
- Wheeler village Incorporated Area
- Willow Hill village Incorporated Area
- Yale village Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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, act locally."
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