Editing Jasper, Tennessee

{{short description|Town in Marion County, Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name                     = Jasper, Tennessee
| settlement_type          = Town
| nickname                 = "Gateway to the beautiful Sequatchie Valley"
| motto                    = "The friendly city on the move!"
| image_skyline            = Jasper-City-Hall-tn1.jpg
| image_caption            = Jasper City Hall
| pushpin_map              = Tennessee
| pushpin_label_position   = top
| pushpin_map_alt          = Location of Jasper on map of Tennessee
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location of Jasper in Tennessee
| coordinates              = {{coord|35|04|30|N|85|37|41|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint            = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Marion County, Tennessee|Marion]]
| established_title        = Founded
| established_date         = 1820<ref name=citywebsite>[http://www.jasper-tn.com/ Jasper city website]. Retrieved: January 16, 2013.</ref>
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1959<ref name=citywebsite />
| named_for                = [[William Jasper]]
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_magnitude           = 
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 9.96
| area_land_sq_mi          = 9.85
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.11
| area_water_percent       = 
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| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 620
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total         = 3612
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_density_sq_mi = 366.85
| population_est           = 
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| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 37347
| area_code                = [[Area code 423|423]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-37820<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1289309<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1289309}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.jasper-tn.com/}}
| footnotes                = 
| image_map                = File:Marion County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Jasper Highlighted 4737820.svg
| map_caption              = Location of Jasper in Marion County, Tennessee.
| area_total_km2           = 25.78
| area_land_km2            = 25.50
| area_water_km2           = 0.28
| population_density_km2   = 141.64
}}

'''Jasper''' is a town in and the [[county seat]] of [[Marion County, Tennessee]], United States. The population was 3,612 at the 2020 census.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |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=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The town was formed in 1820 from lands acquired from Betsy Pack, daughter of [[Cherokee]] Chief John Lowery. Jasper is part of the [[Chattanooga metropolitan area]].

==History==
Jasper is named for [[William Jasper]], a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero from [[South Carolina]].<ref name=Miller2001>Larry L. Miller (2001), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&pg=PA108 Tennessee place-names]'', [[Indiana University Press]]. Page 108.</ref>

Jasper was formed from land leased for $1 from Elizabeth aka "Betsy" Pack, daughter of Chief John Lowery and beloved Cherokee Woman Nannie Watts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicsouthpittsburgtn.org/mchmarkers-betsy-pack-2b-19.html|title=Tennessee Historic Markers - #2B-19 - Betsy Pack - Jasper}}</ref>  Her descendants and friends of the family gather on a semi-annual basis to place flowers at the courthouse marker. The town's primary north-south street, which follows a section of Tennessee State Route 150, has been named in honor of Pack.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|9.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (1.42%) is water. The town lies in the southwestern [[Sequatchie Valley]] in a relatively flat area surrounded by steep escarpments of the [[Cumberland Plateau]] on the north and west, low hills on the east, and [[Guntersville Lake]] (part of the [[Tennessee River]]) on the south. The [[Sequatchie River]] flows just east of the town, and empties into the Tennessee River at the town's southeastern boundary.  [[Kimball, Tennessee|Kimball]] borders Jasper to the southwest.

Jasper's courthouse square lies at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 72]] (Main Street) and Tennessee State Route 150 (Betsy Pack Drive). US-72 (which runs concurrently with [[U.S. Route 64]] and [[U.S. Route 41]] in Jasper) connects the town with [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] to the southeast and Kimball, [[South Pittsburg, Tennessee|South Pittsburg]], and [[Alabama]] to the southwest. State Route 150 connects Jasper with the [[Grundy County, Tennessee|Grundy County]] area atop the Plateau to the northwest.   Tennessee State Route 28, part of the primary north-south corridor in the Sequatchie Valley, intersects US-72 in southeastern Jasper.  [[Interstate 24]] passes through Jasper's southern outskirts.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 249
|1870= 375
|1880= 541
|1890= 902
|1920= 728
|1930= 1251
|1960= 1450
|1970= 2009
|1980= 2633
|1990= 2780
|2000= 3214
|2010= 3279
|2020= 3612
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses }}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Jasper racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4737820&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 25, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,066
| 84.88%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 245
| 6.78%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 7
| 0.19%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 16
| 0.44%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 187
| 5.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 91
| 2.52%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,612 people, 1,376 households, and 906 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,214 people, 1,299 households, and 928 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|355.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,393 housing units at an average density of {{convert|154.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 90.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.34% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.65% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.19% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.09% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.21% of the population.

There were 1,299 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 25.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,926, and the median income for a family was $42,467. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $26,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,311. About 11.4% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

== Transportation ==

[[Marion County Airport (Tennessee)|Marion County Airport]], also known as Brown Field, is a county-owned, public-use [[airport]] located just over {{convert|4+1/2|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast of the [[central business district]] of Jasper.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=APT|use=PU|own=PU|site=23029.5*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective February 11, 2010.</ref>
[[File:Gulf Filling Station - NARA - 280901.jpg|alt=Gulf filling station, Jasper, TN, ca. 1929|thumb|Gulf filling station, Jasper, TN, ca. 1929]]

==Notable people==
*[[Bob Long (baseball)|Bob Long]], professional baseball player
*[[Eric Westmoreland]], former member of the [[University of Tennessee]] Volunteers football team; former [[National Football League]] (NFL) linebacker for the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] and [[Cleveland Browns]]
*[[Jacob Saylors]], Professional running back for the [[New York Giants]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL); former member of the [[St. Louis Battlehawks]] of the [[United Football League (2024)|United Football League]] and former member of the [[East Tennessee State Buccaneers football]] team

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Jasper, Tennessee}}
*[http://www.jasper-tn.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/3D1DE0FAC2CB618D85256AF7005EDA87?OpenDocument Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Jasper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616170146/http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/gml-mtas.nsf/Webstatecityinfo/3D1DE0FAC2CB618D85256AF7005EDA87?OpenDocument |date=June 16, 2016 }} &ndash; information on local government, elections, and link to charter

{{Marion County, Tennessee}}
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[[Category:Towns in Marion County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Towns in Tennessee]]
[[Category:County seats in Tennessee]]
[[Category:Chattanooga metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Tennessee populated places on the Tennessee River]]
[[Category:Chattanooga metropolitan area county seats]]