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Jasper, Michigan

Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

41°47′36″N 84°02′26″W / 41.79333°N 84.04056°W / 41.79333; -84.04056CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyLenaweeTownshipFairfieldEstablished1874Area

^[1]

• Total4.03 sq mi (10.44 km²) • Land4.03 sq mi (10.44 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

735 ft (224 m)Population

(2020)

• Total371 • Density92.06/sq mi (35.54/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)

49248

Area code517GNIS feature ID629217^[2]

Jasper is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 371 at the 2020 census. Jasper is within Fairfield Township and has its own post office with the 49248 ZIP Code.^[3]^[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 4.03 square miles (10.44 km²), all of it land.^[1]

Major highways

M-52 (Adrian Highway) runs south–north through the center of the community.

History

The first European settler in Jasper was Andrew Millet, arriving in 1824. A post office was opened June 18, 1874, with Henry Ferguson as the first postmaster.^[5] The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway had a depot in Jasper.^[6] The station was at first known as Fairfield.^[5] Jasper was one of the largest populated areas in Lenawee County prior to 1908 accounting for about 8,000 residents. A Smallpox epidemic wiped out over half of the residents and most of the homes were burned to the ground in the southern two thirds of the town to try to stop the epidemic.^{[citation needed]}

The community of Jasper was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	412	—
2020	371	−10.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jasper
^ UnitedStatesZipCodes.org (2021). "ZIP Code 49248: Jasper". Retrieved October 6, 2021.
^ Google (October 6, 2021). "49248 ZIP Code map" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.
^ Jasper, Michigan Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum]
^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-6. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.