Jasper, Tennessee Jasper, Tennessee Location of Jasper on map of Tennessee Location of Jasper on map of Tennessee - Jasper, Tennessee Location of Jasper in Tennessee Jasper is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, United States.
The populace was 3,279 at the 2010 census. The town was formed in 1820 from lands acquired from Betsy Pack (1770 1851), daughter of Cherokee Chief John Lowery.
Jasper is titled for William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero from South Carolina. Jasper was formed from territory leased for $1 from Elizabeth aka "Betsy" Pack, daughter of Chief John Lowery and beloved Cherokee Woman Nannie Watts. Her descendants and friends of the family gather on a semi-annual basis to place flowers at the courthouse marker.
The town's major north-south street, which follows a section of Tennessee State Route 150, has been titled in honor of Pack.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 9.2 square miles (24 km2), of which 9.0 square miles (23 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (1.42%) is water.
The town lies in the southwestern Sequatchie Valley in a mostly flat region 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.
Jasper's courthouse square lies at the intersection of U.S.
Route 72 (Main Street) and Tennessee State Route 150 (Betsy Pack Drive).
Route 41 in Jasper) joins the town with Chattanooga to the southeast and Kimball, South Pittsburg, and Alabama to the southwest.
State Route 150 joins Jasper with the Grundy County region up on the Plateau to the northwest.
Tennessee State Route 28, part of the major north-south corridor in the Sequatchie Valley, intersects US-72 in southeastern Jasper.
In the town, the populace 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 income for a homehold in the town was $35,926, and the median income for a family was $42,467.
About 11.4% of families and 15.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.
Jasper town/city website.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Jasper This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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