Jasper, Michigan | |
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![]() Location within Lenawee County | |
Coordinates: 41°47′36″N84°02′26″W / 41.79333°N 84.04056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Lenawee |
Townships | Fairfield Ogden |
Established | 1874 |
Area | |
• Total | 4.03 sq mi (10.44 km2) |
• Land | 4.03 sq mi (10.44 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 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] |
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]
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]
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]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 412 | — | |
2020 | 371 | −10.0% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [8] |
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