Jasper County, Texas

Jasper County
Jasper County
County
	Jasper County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°44′N 94°02′W / 30.74°N 94.03°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1837
Named for	William Jasper
Seat	Jasper
Largest city	Jasper
Area
• Total	970 sq mi (2,500 km2)
• Land	939 sq mi (2,430 km2)
• Water	31 sq mi (80 km2) 3.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	32,980
• Density	34/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	36th
Website	co.jasper.tx.us

Jasper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,980.^[1] Its county seat is Jasper.^[2] The county was created as a municipality in Mexico in 1834, and in 1837 was organized as a county in the Republic of Texas.^[3]^[4]^[5] It is named for William Jasper, an American Revolutionary War hero.^[6]

^ "Jasper County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ "Jasper County". Texas Almanac. Texas bin Historical Association. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Glenn Justice (June 15, 2010). "Jasper County". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 168.