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Jasper County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,588, [1] up from 13,900 in 2010. [2] . The county seat is Monticello. [3] . Jasper County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA. History.
Jun 3, 2024 · Monticello, GA 31064. Telephone: 706-468-4900. Fax: 706-468-4942. Please click below to subscribe to Emergency Notifications on evacuations, missing child reports and other information important to your safety. Resources. City of Monticello. Development Authority of Jasper County. Jasper County Code of Ordinances.
May 18, 2006 · Located in central Georgia, Jasper County was created in 1807 as the state’s thirty-first county from part of Baldwin County on land formerly held by Creek Indians. It is one of the “antebellum trail” counties, which stretch from lower northeast Georgia to the center of the state.
- Rapid Growth
- Men of Distinction
- Creek War
- Civil War
- Reconstruction
- The Coming of The Railroad
- Education
- Newspapers
- Utilities
- Electric Light System
The free land obtained by lottery, after clearing, was found to be well adapted to the growth of cotton and com and the rural development of Jasper County was rapid. By the year 1810, the population had grown to be 7,573 and in 1820 it had increased to 14, 614. Representation, then as now, was based upon population. In the decade following 1820, Ja...
Jasper County has been the residence or birth place of many men who have achieved distinction in political and judicial fields. David Adams served Jasper County as a representative in the Georgia Legislature for eleven terms, beginning with the year 1811, and was Shaker of the House 1819-1821. He was a man of military rank of Major General in the S...
In 1836, Georgia experienced an exciting but brief war with a large force of Creek Indians from Alabama, who forced their way into southwest Georgia, killing numerous settlers and burning their homes. A company of fifty militia, under Captain Zachariah Roe, were drafted from Jasper County and on May 25, 1836 “took up the line of march to rendezvous...
Jasper County, as did other counties in Georgia, furnished its quota of men and material to the Confederate States Army during the disastrous Civil War. The first company of volunteers was organized in 1861 by George T. Bartlett and named the “Glover Guard” in honor of the company recruited by Eli Glover during the Creek War. This company became of...
After the Civil War the Confederate veteran, many still suffering from his wounds and with health impaired, returned to his farm with nothing to begin anew, but his land and a determination to overcome all obstacles and fortunately with the seemingly insatiable demand for cotton from the hungry textile mills of Great Britain, the farmer was able to...
Macon, Georgia was laid out in the year 1823. Being located at the head of navigation of the Ocmulgee River it grew rapidly in importance as a trade center and cotton marker. Jasper County farmers marketed their cotton in Macon. Wagons loaded with four or six bales, pulled by a team of four mules, were required to transport the cotton to market. A ...
The need for educational facilities received the attention of the early settlers and before 1820, a male and a female academy were established in Monticello, each being under the direction of a board of trustees composed of some of the most prominent citizens of the county. Academies were established in Hillsboro, Georgia and elsewhere as the 1850 ...
There is no evidence that a newspaper was published in Jasper County prior to the year 1881 when the weekly Jasper County News made its appearance. Under the editorship of Mrs. A.P. Penn and later her two sons, Fitzhugh and Thomas, this paper provided excellent local news coverage and exerted much influence for progress in the community. In 1903, i...
The first telephone system in Jasper County was completed in November, 1894. It connected a store in the community of Maxwell to the Planters Warehouse which stood on the now vacant lot in front of the Monticello Post Office. The system was for the convenience of cotton buyers. The first public telephone system was installed in Monticello during 18...
Credit for the installation of the first electric light system in Jasper County must go to Mr. Bonner Jordan of Monticello, a man of much mechanical ingenuity and enterprise. The system consisted of a small generating plant located on the corner of Mill and South Streets having a wood burning, stationary steam boiler, steam engine, a belt driven dy...
Jasper County, GA borders Butts County, GA, Jones County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, and Putnam County, GA. About the photo: Monticello Historic District roughly bounded by College, Eatonton, Forsyth, Hillsboro, and Washington Sts. and Funderburg, and Madison Drs., Monticello
Jasper County, Georgia has 368.4 square miles of land area and is the 68th largest county in. Georgia. by. total area. Jasper County, Georgia is bordered by. Butts County, Georgia.
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Jasper County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,588, up from 13,900 in 2010. The county seat is Monticello. Jasper County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA. Map.
