Editing Jasper, Georgia

{{Distinguish|Jasper County, Georgia}}
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'''Jasper''' is a city in [[Pickens County, Georgia|Pickens County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 4,084 in 2020. The city is the [[county seat]] of [[Pickens County, Georgia|Pickens County]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

==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).

==Geography==
Jasper is located at {{Coord|34|28|9|N|84|26|3|W|type:city}} (34.469127, -84.434039).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

[[Georgia State Route 53]] passes through the center of Jasper, while Georgia State Routes [[Georgia State Route 5|5]] and [[Georgia State Route 515|515]] bypass the city to its west. GA-5/515 lead north {{convert|21|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]] and south {{convert|60|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Atlanta]], via its connection with [[Interstate 575 (Georgia)|Interstate 575]], which ends just south of the city. GA-53 runs through the downtown area as an east–west highway, leading east {{convert|24|mi|km|abbr=on}} on a winding and mountainous route to [[Dawsonville, Georgia|Dawsonville]], and west {{convert|36|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Calhoun, Georgia|Calhoun]] along [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 146
|1890= 333
|1900= 379
|1910= 332
|1920= 386
|1930= 563
|1940= 576
|1950= 1380
|1960= 1036
|1970= 1202
|1980= 1556
|1990= 1772
|2000= 2167
|2010= 3684
|2020= 4084
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Jasper racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1341932&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,487
|85.38%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|104
|2.55%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|15
|0.37%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|39
|0.95%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
|182
|4.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|257
|6.29%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,084 people, 1,560 households, and 889 families residing in the city.

==Education==

=== Pickens County School District===
The [[Pickens County School District (Georgia)|Pickens County School District]] holds pre-school to grade 12, and consists of four elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=712&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 25, 2010.</ref> The district has 248 full-time teachers and roughly 4,400 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/PICKENS/PICKENS_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 25, 2010.</ref>
*Harmony Elementary School
*Hill City Elementary School
*Tate Elementary School
*Jasper Middle School
*Pickens Jr High School
*[[Pickens High School (Georgia)|Pickens High School]]

===Higher education===
*[[Chattahoochee Technical College]] - Appalachian Campus<ref>[http://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/index.html?lmenu=campuses&content=campuses\Appalachian Chattahoochee Technical College- Appalachian Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816030008/http://www.chattahoocheetech.edu/index.html?lmenu=campuses&content=campuses%5CAppalachian |date=2010-08-16 }}, Retrieved June 25, 2010.</ref>

==Points of interest==
[[File:Jasper Georgia City Hall.JPG|thumb|Jasper City Hall]]
Nicknamed "The First Mountain City," Jasper is located 50 miles north of Atlanta.

The [[Tate House (Tate, Georgia)|Tate House]] was built by local marble baron Sam Tate in the 1920s and now sits adjacent to Tate Elementary and is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Standing on an old Cherokee place of worship, the historic Woodbridge Inn is a restaurant and inn.

Jasper is located near several large acreage mountain neighborhoods such as Big Canoe, Bent Tree, and the Preserve at Sharp Mountain.

==Events==
The Georgia Marble Festival is held on the first weekend in October every year. It is sponsored by the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce,<ref>[http://www.pickenschamber.com/marblefest.html Official marble festival web site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601173354/http://www.pickenschamber.com/marblefest.html |date=2007-06-01 }}</ref> and held at Lee Newton Park.

The festivities start with the Marble Festival Road Race. There are booths with local vendors selling handmade crafts, among other things. Another highlight is the art show, with exhibits of carved marble, as well as paintings, photographs, and pottery.

The Apple Festival is held the following two weekends in nearby [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]], [[Gilmer County, Georgia|Gilmer County]].

==Notable people==
* [[Jeremiah Boswell]] - [[basketball]] player
* [[James Larry Edmondson]] - judge
* [[Weldon Henley]] (1880–1960) - [[MLB]] pitcher
* [[Chandler Smith]] - [[NASCAR]] driver

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Pickens County, Georgia]]
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