Jasper, Michigan

For the township in Midland County, see Jasper Township, Michigan.

Jasper, Michigan
Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
Looking north along S. Adrian Highway (M-52)
Location within Lenawee County
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Coordinates: 41°47′36″N84°02′26″W / 41.79333°N 84.04056°W / 41.79333; -84.04056
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Lenawee
Townships	Fairfield Ogden
Established	1874
Area [1]
• Total	4.03 sq mi (10.44 km2)
• Land	4.03 sq mi (10.44 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	735 ft (224 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	371
• Density	92.06/sq mi (35.54/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code(s)	49248
Area code	517
GNIS feature ID	629217 [2]

U.S. Post Office in Jasper

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 Ogden Township, Jasper 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.	Note	%±
2010	412		—
2020	371		−10.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jasper
3. UnitedStatesZipCodes.org (2021). "ZIP Code 49248: Jasper" . Retrieved October 6, 2021.
4. "49248 ZIP Code map" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved October 6, 2021.
5. Romig, Walter (1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0-8143-1838-X.
6. Jasper, Michigan Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Michigan's Internet Railroad History Museum]
7. "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.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.