Editing Jasper, Texas (section)

===19th century===
The area, which was then part of [[Mexican Texas]], was settled around 1824 by John Bevil. Thirty families occupied the settlement as early as 1830, when it was known as "Snow River", after John R. Bevil, a hero of the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfj02 |title= Jasper Texas |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |access-date= October 3, 2012}}</ref>

In 1835, the town was renamed after [[William Jasper]], a soldier from the American Revolution, who was killed attempting to plant the American flag at the storming of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] in 1779.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TSHA &#124; Jasper, TX|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/jasper-tx|access-date=2021-11-26|website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26603 |title= Profile for Jasper, Texas, TX |publisher= ePodunk |access-date= October 3, 2012 |archive-date= February 9, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130209190734/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26603 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Jasper was one of the 23 original counties when the [[Republic of Texas]] was created in 1836.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Jasper, Texas |url=http://www.jaspertx.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=38 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031132251/http://jaspertx.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=38 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-10-31}}</ref> Jasper became the county seat in 1844 and became part of the United States with the [[Texas annexation|annexation of Texas]] in 1845.

[[File:Jasper County Courthouse.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Jasper County Courthouse (Texas)|Jasper County Courthouse]], January 2011]]
During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the town housed a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] quartermaster depot and served as a major center for Confederate communication, transportation, and supply. Jasper was a Confederate Army headquarters for a nine-county area. Following the war, Union troops led by [[George Armstrong Custer|General George Custer]] occupied Jasper, camping in the town square.

Educational institutions included the Jasper Male and Female High School, which operated until 1878, when it became the Southeast Texas Male and Female College, and Jasper Collegiate Institute, which operated from 1851 until 1874. The population declined to 360 in 1870, reflecting the hardships of the Civil War, but by 1885 had risen to 1,000.

In 1896, Jasper had a population of 1,200. With the arrival of the [[Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway]] early in the 20th century, Jasper grew into a center for the manufacture of timber products. Lumber from two sawmills, with a daily capacity of {{convert|125,000|board feet|m3}}, goods from basket and stave factories, logs, ties, poles, and pulpwood were shipped in 200 cars per month.