The City of Jasper Georgia
was Incorporated in 1857.
Home of the Georgia Marble Festival.
Held the first weekend of October.
The city covers 3.3 square miles.
Named for Sergeant William Jasper.
He was from South Carolina.
He fought in the revolutionary war.
He died during the siege of Savannah.
The 1906 jail has been restored.
It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.