The county was named for William Jasper, a hero of the American Revolution who was killed attempting to plant the American colors at the storming of Savannah in 1779. County created 3/17/1836 when the Convention of 1836 converted old municipalities into counties. Jasper County, located in Southeast Texas, was originally part of the Spanish "Atascosito District". Atascosito District covered the area of the present counties Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler. This geographical area was based on the original boundary of the Atascosito District of the Republic of Mexico and under Mexican rule it became "Liberty District." In 1835, the present county was known as "Municipality of Bevil" or "Bevil's District." After Texas's independence, the district was divided into Liberty, Jefferson and Jasper counties. The town of Jasper was named county seat by the county commissioners in 1836. Act passed organized 1837 defining county boundaries. 1846 Eastern portion became Newton county. -Handbook of Texas Online: Jasper County; Rootsweb/TxGenWeb |
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This list contains or will contain all post offices known from Texas. Noted also are whether recent offices have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. A link is provided to detailed precancel data for that location. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Pester the active post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. They may be found many times, but only have to be thrown away once. Precancel devices are not usually issued to branches, stations or contract post offices. Please see plans page for color legend. |
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