Jasper County is a county in Illinois, United States, in the south-central part of the state. It had a population of 9,287 at the 2020 census and covers 498 square miles (1,290 km2) centred near 39\u00b001\u2032N 88\u00b009\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Newton is the county seat and its postal code is 62448. The county has one city, six villages, one census-designated place and fourteen unincorporated communities, grouped into eleven civil townships. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Jasper County has 22 named places: one city (the county seat, Newton), six villages (Hidalgo, Rose Hill, Sainte Marie, Wheeler, Willow Hill and Yale), one census-designated place (West Liberty) and fourteen unincorporated communities. CDP and Unincorp. places have no municipal government of their own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hidalgo<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rose Hill<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sainte Marie<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Sainte Marie<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wheeler<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62479<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Willow Hill<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Willow Hill<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yale<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Liberty<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 62475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Advance<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bogota<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Boos<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brookville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Falmouth<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gila<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hunt City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Hunt City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Island Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Latona<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lis<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Plainfield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Point Pleasant<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rafetown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shamrock<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old site list spelled the unincorporated community “Raeftown” and repeated West Liberty twice; both are corrected here (the community is Rafetown, and West Liberty appears once as the county’s sole CDP).<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nJasper County’s 22 places sit inside eleven civil townships: Crooked Creek, Fox, Grandville, Grove, Hunt City, North Muddy, Sainte Marie, Smallwood, South Muddy, Wade and Willow Hill. Verified 2020 township-level population figures were not available for this rewrite, so only confirmed name-to-township matches are shown above; the remaining assignments are left blank rather than guessed.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nRose Hill and the county’s smaller unincorporated communities have no ZIP code of their own and are served by the nearest post office town above.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nJasper County lies in the till plains of south-central Illinois, drained by the Embarras River, which crosses the county on its way toward the Wabash. The terrain is flat to gently rolling farmland, typical of the region between the Illinois prairie and the Wabash lowlands. Of the county’s 498 square miles, 495 are land and 3.6 are water.<\/p>\n Jasper County borders Cumberland County to the north, Clark County<\/a> to the northeast, Crawford County<\/a> to the east, Richland County to the south, Clay County<\/a> to the southwest, and Effingham County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Jasper County’s population was 9,287 at the 2020 census, a density of about 18.8 people per square mile. Newton is the largest community by a wide margin, followed by Willow Hill. The county is over 96% white with a median age in the low forties, older than the Illinois state average. Jasper County’s rural, agricultural economy means household incomes typically run below the Illinois median of $80,306.<\/p>\n Agriculture anchors the local economy, with corn and soybean farming dominant across the county’s flat, fertile land. Newton, the county seat, hosts the county courthouse and most local government, retail and medical services. Sainte Marie, one of the county’s oldest villages, traces its roots to early French settlement along the Embarras River.<\/p>\n Jasper County was organized in 1831 from parts of Clay and Crawford Counties. It was named for Sergeant William Jasper, a South Carolina militiaman who became a Revolutionary War hero in 1776 during the British siege of Fort Moultrie: after the fort’s flagstaff was shot away, Jasper recovered the flag under fire and held it aloft on a makeshift staff until a new pole could be raised, rallying the fort’s defenders.<\/p>\n Illinois Routes 33 and 130 cross at Newton, the county’s main road hub.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Southern Illinois Regional Airport near Carbondale; Interstate 70 near Effingham is the nearest interstate access.<\/p>\n Where is Jasper County, Illinois?<\/strong> What is the population of Jasper County?<\/strong> How big is Jasper County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Jasper County?<\/strong> How many towns and villages are in Jasper County?<\/strong> |