Jasper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,287. Its county seat is Newton. See more

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 9,698 people, 3,940 households, and 2,800 families living in the county. The population density was 19.6 inhabitants per … See more

City
• Newton (seat)
Villages
• Hidalgo
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Jasper is politically a fairly typical "anti-Yankee" Southern Illinois county. Opposition to the "Yankee" Republican Party and that party's See more

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 498 square miles (1,290 km ), of which 495 square miles (1,280 km ) is land and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km ) … See more

Jasper County is largely served by Jasper County Community Unit School District 1, which is based in its county seat, Newton. Five of the district's … See more

• Glenn Brummer, baseball catcher for the Major League Baseball St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers; member of the 1982 World Champion … See more