Jasper County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Region
- Northwest Indiana
- Metro area
- Chicago Metropolitan
- Created
- February 7, 1835
- Established
- March 15, 1838
- Named after
- Sgt. William Jasper
- County seat
- Rensselaer
- Largest city
- Rensselaer
- Boroughs
- List De Motte (town) Remington (town) Rensselaer (city) Wheatfield (town)
- Type
- County
- Body
- Board of Commissioners
- Commissioner
- James A. Walstra (1st)
- County
- 561.39 sq mi (1,454.0 km )
- Land
- 559.62 sq mi (1,449.4 km )
- Water
- 1.76 sq mi (4.6 km )
- Metro
- 10,874 sq mi (28,160 km )
- Rank
- 3rd largest county in Indiana
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Jasper
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Rensselaer
- Capital
- Rensselaer
- Population
- 32918
- Area
- 1454
- Elevation
- 696
- Shares border with
- White County
- Official website
- www.jaspercountyin.gov
- Image
- NE Corner 19-07-12 037.jpg
- Households
- 12676
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- native label
- Jasper County
- Commons category
- Jasper County, Indiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Jasper County, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Jasper County, Indiana
- different from
- Jasper County
- inception
- 1835-02-07
- postal code
- 46310, 46341, 46374, 46392, 47922, 47943, 47946, 47948, 47957, 47959, 47977-78, 47995
- per capita income
- 28434
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Encyclopedic overview
Jasper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 32,918. The county seat is Rensselaer. Jasper County is included in the Chicago metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jasper County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.