Jasper, Indiana
| Jasper, Indiana | |
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| City | |
Dubois County courthouse located on the square in Jasper, Indiana
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| Nickname(s): "The Nation's Wood Capital" | |
 Jasper's location in Dubois County (left) and the state of Indiana (right). |
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| Coordinates: 38°23′29″N 86°55′51″W / 38.39139°N 86.93083°WCoordinates: 38°23′29″N 86°55′51″W / 38.39139°N 86.93083°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Indiana
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| County | Dubois |
| Township | Bainbridge |
| Founded | 1818 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Terry R. Seitz (R) (Jan. 2012 - present) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.20 sq mi (34.19 km2) |
| • Land | 13.11 sq mi (33.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2) |
| Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,038 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 15,325 |
| • Density | 1,147.1/sq mi (442.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 47546, 47547, 47549 |
| Area code | 812 & 930 |
| FIPS code | 18-37782 |
| GNIS feature ID | 436944 |
| Website | http://www.jasperindiana.gov |
Jasper is a city in, and the county seat of Bainbridge Township, Dubois County, Indiana, United States, located along the Patoka River. The population was 15,038 at the 2010 census making it the 55th largest city in Indiana. On November 4, 2007, Dubois County returned to the Eastern Time Zone, after having moved to the Central Time Zone the previous year. The land uses are mainly agriculture.
Jasper is a regional center in Southwestern Indiana, noted for its heavily German Catholic ancestral roots. Jasper has often been called the "Wood Capital of the World", boasting a large number of furniture companies, including Kimball International and Masterbrand Cabinets. Jasper is also home to the Southern Indiana Education Center (SIEC), Jasper Engines & Transmissions (largest re-manufacturer in the market), and to a satellite campus of Vincennes University.
The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors players and others associated with the national pastime who were born or lived in Indiana, is located in Jasper.
Jasper also boasts the only municipally supported Arts Council in the state of Indiana; it is part of city government and is supported by the city for its citizens in the same vein as its park board or its street department. The city of Jasper and the Jasper Community Arts Commission have won the Governor's Arts Award twice, once in 1987 and again in 2007, and it is the only group to have garnered this award twice.
Jasper was founded in 1818. The Enlow family were the first settlers of the town. Jasper was originally going to be called Eleanor, the wife of settler Joseph Enlow, but she opted to suggest a name herself, and named the city after a passage in the Bible (Revelations 21:19).
Jasper was not officially platted until 1830. That year, the community became the new county seat of Dubois County, succeeding Portersville.
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