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Jasper is a city in, and the county seat of, Dubois County, Indiana, United States, located along the Patoka River. The population was 16,703 at the 2020 census making it the 48th largest city in Indiana. On November 4, 2007, Dubois County returned to the Eastern Time Zone, after having moved to the Central Time Zone the previous year. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural. The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors players and others associated with the national pastime who were born or lived in Indiana, is located in Jasper.

Jasper was founded in 1818. The Enlow family were the first settlers of the town. Jasper was originally going to be named "Eleanor" after the wife of early settler Joseph Enlow, but she opted to suggest a name herself, and named the city after a passage in the Bible (Revelation 21:19). Jasper was not officially platted until 1830. That year, the community became the new county seat of Dubois County, succeeding Portersville. The Jasper post office has been in operation since 1832. During the New Deal era, Jessie Hull Mayer won a federal commission to paint a mural as part of the Section of Painting and Sculpture′s projects, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. Indiana Farming Scene in Late Autumn depicts a harvest scene on a farmstead, with no indication of the town. In 1975, the painting was featured as part of a film, Art for Main Street: The Indiana Post Office Murals, produced by the Indiana Historical Society. Jasper was incorporated as a town in 1866, and was incorporated into a city in 1915.

According to the 2010 census, Jasper has a total area of 13.191 square miles (34 km2), of which 13.1 square miles (34 km2) (or 99.31%) is land and 0.091 square miles (0 km2) (or 0.69%) is water. The city is located in the townships of Bainbridge, Madison and Boone.

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Jasper, IN has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Jasper is the principal city of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Dubois and Pike counties and had a combined population of 54,734 at the 2010 census. of 2010, the population of Jasper was 15,038 and there were 5,994 households. The gender makeup of the city is 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

Jasper is a regional center in Southwestern Indiana, with German Catholic ancestral roots. Jasper has been called the "Wood Capital of the World", with furniture companies such as Jasper Group, Kimball International, and Masterbrand Cabinets are located here. Also located in Jasper are Southern Indiana Education Center, Jasper Engines and Transmissions, and a satellite campus of Vincennes University. In 2022, Jasper won the annual Strong Towns "Strongest Town" competition. The largest industry sectors by employment in Jasper are manufacturing, retail, and health care and social services.

Jasper has the only municipally supported Arts Council in Indiana; it is part of city government. The City of Jasper and the Jasper Community Arts Commission won the Governor's Arts Award in 1987 and 2007. The Jasper Strassenfest is a four day event held annually during the first weekend in August. The "Fest" is a celebration between Jasper and its German sister city Pfaffenweiler, a village in southwest Germany, and some citizens of Pfaffenweiler travel to Jasper around this time of year. The street festival encompasses the city square, and features food stands, rides, a beer garden, parade, fireworks, golf tournament, beauty pageant (Miss Strassenfest), fishing tournament, and a network of German "Polka Masses" at the three Roman Catholic parishes. On average, over of bratwurst are consumed during the event. In 2021, the Thyen Clark Cultural Center and public lending library opened.

Jasper has 18 city parks covering .

The following persons have held the office of mayor of Jasper, Indiana. Mayor Term Began Term Ended Political PartyGeorge P. WagnerJuly 1915Dec 1934DemocratJohn LoreyJan 1935July 1937DemocratRoman KunkelAug 1937Dec 1942DemocratCharles BartleyJan 1943Aug 1945DemocratHerbert ThyenSept 1945Dec 1951DemocratEdward J. LoreyJan 1952Dec 1959DemocratEdwin B. KniesJan 1960Aug 1963DemocratFrancis J. SermersheimSept 1963Dec 1963DemocratJack E. NewtonJan 1964Dec 1971RepublicanRobert E. ParkerJan 1972Dec 1979N/AJerome "Chick" AllesJan 1980Dec 1991DemocratWilliam J. SchmittJan 1992Dec 2011DemocratTerry SeitzJan 2012Dec 2018RepublicanDean VonderheideJan 2019PresentRepublican

The American Eagle, Jasper's first newspaper, operated from 1846 to 1848. The Democrat (1857), the Times (1865), and another Times (1879–1891). The Jasper Weekly Courier, a Democratic newspaper, served Dubois County from 1858 to 1921. The Dubois County Herald, founded in 1895, currently circulates about 10,000 copies per day to residents of Dubois, Spencer, and Pike counties. The Herald is one of only 300 independently owned newspapers in the United States. The Jasper News Journal is a free newspaper.

The fictional town of Orson, Indiana, from the TV series The Middle, is based on Jasper.

Jasper participates in the sister cities program, as designated by Sister Cities International, and is a sister city of Pfaffenweiler, Baden Württemberg, Germany.