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Jasper County, Illinois, United States

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Details for Jasper County

NameJasper County
Place TypeCounty
Located in
Illinois, United States
County SeatNewton (Wade Township)
Coordinates
Latitude 39.0005987 39° 00' 02.2" N
Longitude -88.1667056 88° 10' 00.1" W
Population10,609
Elevation161 m
Surrounding CountiesClark NE
Crawford E
Lawrence SE
Richland S
Clay SW
Effingham W
Cumberland N
USGS GNIS FeatureID424241
Histopolis Place ID449048225
Updated May 12, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Jasper County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jasper County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jasper County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Jasper/cem/ (19 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jasper County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Jasper County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Jasper/ (21 May 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=729 (5 Sep 2009)

Jasper County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Jasper County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6284 (12 Nov 2008)

Jasper County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/jasper/jaspercem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Jasper County, Illinois Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Jasper County, Illinois
http://www.interment.net/us/il/jasper.htm (16 May 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Jasper County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6284&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (19 Jan 2008)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=40 (10 Mar 2011)

The Political Graveyard: Jasper County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/JS.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)
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Surveys in Jasper County

2 Surveys, 6 Ranges, 23 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian and Third Principal Meridian surveys govern land descriptions in all or part of Jasper County. You can navigate to any of the 23 survey townships that overlap Jasper County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Jasper County

11 Townships
Crooked CreekFoxGrandvilleGrove
Hunt CityNorth MuddySainte MarieSmallwood
South MuddyWadeWillow Hill

Cities of Jasper County

1 City, 6 Villages, 16 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AdvanceBogotaBoosBrookville
FalmouthGilaHidalgo (village)Hunt City
Island Grove (historical u.p.)Island Grove (Grove Township)LatonaLis
Newton (city)PlainfieldPoint PleasantRaeftown
Rose Hill (village)Sainte Marie (village)ShamrockWest Liberty
Wheeler (village)Willow Hill (village)Yale (village)

Cemeteries of Jasper County

74 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
AbbottAndrewsAssumptionAten
BackboneBaileyBailyBethel (Fox Township)
Bethel (Grandville Township)BowersBrewerBrick
BrockvilleBrooksBrownChaple
CoburnCumminsDark BendDebord
DevoreDielEdisonFairfield
FosterFreemanFulksGila Lutheran
HankinsHayesHeadyvilleHicks
Hicks Graveyard (*)HidalgoHoneyIsland Creek
JonesKedronKerns (*)Kibler
KilgoreLancasterLeamonMadison
McFaddenMillerMoundMyer
New Saint PetersNew St. Peters (*)Old Saint PetersOld St. Peters (*)
PlainfieldPleasant RidgePleasant ValleyRedford
RiversideRossSainte Marie CitySainte Valentine
Sand RockShilohSongerSouth Muddy
SwickSwick FamilyTateTexler
ToddVanderhoofWardWest Lawn
WheelerWoodsWortheyWorthy
YagerYale

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