| Official Name: | Jasper, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City and county seat |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pickens |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Steve Lawrence |
| Leader Title1: | City Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Jim Looney |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 22.16 |
| Area Land Km2: | 22.16 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.56 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.56 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4084 |
| Population Density Km2: | 184.28 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 477.27 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 34.4692°N -84.4342°W |
| Elevation M: | 446 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1463 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30143 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-41932[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0316056[3] |
Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,084 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Pickens County.[4]
Jasper was founded in 1853 as seat of the newly formed Pickens County. It was incorporated in 1857 as a town and in 1957 as a city.[5] The community is named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolutionary War.[6] Jasper is situated at an elevation of 1,463 feet (446 m).
Jasper is located at (34.469127, -84.434039).[7]
Georgia State Route 53 passes through the center of Jasper, while Georgia State Routes 5 and 515 bypass the city to its west. GA-5/515 lead north 21miles to Ellijay and south 60miles to Atlanta, via its connection with Interstate 575, which ends just south of the city. GA-53 runs through the downtown area as an east–west highway, leading east 24miles on a winding and mountainous route to Dawsonville, and west 36miles to Calhoun along Interstate 75.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.3sqmi, all of it land.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,487 | 85.38% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 104 | 2.55% | |
| Native American | 15 | 0.37% | |
| Asian | 39 | 0.95% | |
| Other/mixed | 182 | 4.46% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 257 | 6.29% |
The Pickens County School District holds pre-school to grade 12, and consists of four elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school.[9] The district has 248 full-time teachers and roughly 4,400 students.[10]
Nicknamed "The First Mountain City," Jasper is located 50 miles north of Atlanta.
The Tate House was built by local marble baron Sam Tate in the 1920s and now sits adjacent to Tate Elementary and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Standing on an old Cherokee place of worship, the historic Woodbridge Inn is a restaurant and inn.
Jasper is located near several large acreage mountain neighborhoods such as Big Canoe, Bent Tree, and the Preserve at Sharp Mountain.
The Georgia Marble Festival is held on the first weekend in October every year. It is sponsored by the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce,[12] and held at Lee Newton Park.
The festivities start with the Marble Festival Road Race. There are booths with local vendors selling handmade crafts, among other things. Another highlight is the art show, with exhibits of carved marble, as well as paintings, photographs, and pottery.
The Apple Festival is held the following two weekends in nearby Ellijay, Georgia (Gilmer County).