Jasper County, Missouri
| Jasper County, Missouri | |
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Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage (August 2008)
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 Location in the U.S. state of Missouri |
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 Missouri's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | January 2, 1841 |
| Named for | William Jasper |
| Seat | Carthage |
| Largest city | Joplin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 641 sq mi (1,660 km2) |
| • Land | 638 sq mi (1,652 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2), 0.4% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 118,596 |
| • Density | 184/sq mi (71/km²) |
| Congressional district | 7th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Connie Hoover | Republican | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Melissa Holcomb | Republican | ||
| County Clerk | Marilyn Baugh | Republican | ||
| Collector | Stephen H. Holt | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
John Bartosh | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Tom Flanigan | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Darieus K. Adams | Republican | ||
| Coroner | Rob Chappel | Republican | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Theresa Kenney | Republican | ||
| Public Administrator | Angela Casavecchia | Republican | ||
| Recorder | Charlotte Pickering | Republican | ||
| Sheriff | Randee Kaiser | Republican | ||
| Treasurer | Denise Rohr | Republican | ||
Coordinates: 37°12′N 94°20′W / 37.20°N 94.34°W
Jasper County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 117,404. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Joplin. The county was organized in 1841 and named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
Jasper County is included in the Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Jasper County Sheriffs office has jurisdiction throughout the county.
Before European contact, the area that today makes up Jasper County was the domain of the Osage Native Americans who called themselves the Children of the Middle Waters (Ni-U-Kon-Ska). This was probably because their dominion encompassed the land between the Missouri and Osage rivers to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, and the Arkansas River to the south. To the west were the Great Plains where they hunted buffalo. By the late 17th century, the Osage were calling themselves Wah-Zha-Zhe.
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