Jasper has been known as Coon Creek settlement, and as Midway (a name that at times included the Dublin community just across the Barton County line) for its position between county seats Carthage and Lamar, but in the late 19th century it was renamed Jasper to reuse the postal equipment of a previous Jasper that existed southeast of Carthage.
Jasper was the home to Debra Dene Barnes Miles the year after she finished her reign as Miss America (from 'Miss Kansas' title) in 1968.
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The history of Jasper county, Missouri1883 · page 985Read the page →
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The Town of Jasper. — The beautiful and prosperous town of Jasper is situated on the line of the Missouri Pacific Railway in the north-central part of Preston township and in the northern part of Jasper county. The town was first laid out as Midway in the year 1868 by F. A. Hendricks and Jacob Rankin, but the plat was never recorded. The first house was erected shortly after by F. A. Hendricks, and the first store building was erected about the same time by Thomas Davis and F. A. Hendricks. The place was called Midway because of its being equi-distant from the cities of Car-
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The history of Jasper county, Missouri1883 · page 1030Read the page →
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Jasper township was laid oflf and named August 23, a. d. 1847, the territory at that time being embraced in the township of Center Creek and North Fork, and the new township of Jasper was made to include a much larger area than it now does. According to an order of the county court, February 7, 1873, the boundaries were fixed as follows: " Beginning at the northeast corner of section 13, township 30, range 33, thence west to the northwest corner of Jasper county, thence south on the county line to the southwest corner of section 2, township 29, range 34; thence east to the
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