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Jasper
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city in and county sear of Jasper, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jasper
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Total
- 10.46 sq mi (27.09 km )
- Land
- 10.45 sq mi (27.06 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Density
- 722.8/sq mi (279.09/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-37420
- Website
- jaspertx .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jasper is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,884 at the 2020 U.S. census, down from 7,590 at the 2010 U.S. census. Jasper is situated in the Deep East Texas subregion, about 40 miles (64 km) west of the Texas-Louisiana state line. Jasper (the "Butterfly Capital of Texas") holds an annual Butterfly Festival the first Saturday in October to celebrate the migration of the monarch butterflies.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jasper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.