Editing Jasper, Georgia (section)

==History==
Jasper was founded in 1853 as seat of the newly formed Pickens County. It was incorporated in 1857 as a town and in 1957 as a city.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA234 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=234| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> The community is named for [[William Jasper]], a hero of the American Revolutionary War.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n167 168]}}</ref> Jasper is situated at an elevation of 1,463 feet (446 m).