Jasper is an

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and

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(CDP) in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of

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. The CDP had a population of 371 at the 2020 census. Jasper is within Fairfield Township and Ogden Township, Jasper has its own post office with the 49248 ZIP Code.

Geography

According to the

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, the community has an area of , all of it land.

Major highways

* runs south–north through the center of the community.

History

The first European settler in Jasper was Andrew Millet, arriving in 1824. A post office was opened June 18, 1874, with Henry Ferguson as the first postmaster. The

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833, and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinoi ...

had a depot in Jasper. The station was at first known as Fairfield. Jasper was one of the largest populated areas in Lenawee County prior to 1908 accounting for about 8,000 residents. A Smallpox epidemic wiped out over half of the residents and most of the homes were burned to the ground in the southern two-thirds of the town to try to stop the epidemic. The community of Jasper was listed as a newly organized

for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.

Demographics

References

Unincorporated communities in Lenawee County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Census-designated places in Lenawee County, Michigan Census-designated places in Michigan Populated places established in 1874 1874 establishments in Michigan {{LenaweeCountyMI-geo-stub