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Jasper County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- William Jasper
- Seat
- Bay Springs and Paulding
- Largest city
- Bay Springs
- Total
- 677 sq mi (1,750 km )
- Land
- 676 sq mi (1,750 km )
- Water
- 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,785
- Density
- 24.2/sq mi (9.35/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16367
- Area
- 1755
- Official website
- www.co.jasper.ms.us
- Image
- Montrose Presbyterian Church.jpg
- Households
- 6616
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- Commons category
- Jasper County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1833-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Jasper County
- per capita income
- 22252
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Jasper County is located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 16,367. In 1906, the state legislature established two county courts, one at the first county seat of Paulding in the eastern part of the county and also one at Bay Springs in the west, where the railroad had been constructed. Jasper County is part of the Laurel, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Bay Springs' growth soon surpassed that of Paulding. No roadway connected the two parts of the county until one was built in 1935–1936. The still largely rural county is the major producer in the state of gas and oil, located in the southeast, and of timber, cattle, and poultry.