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Jasper County, IllinoisJasper County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameJasper 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 HistoryJasper 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). GeographyAccording 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:
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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
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