About Us
Jasper County is a first class county that has 641 square miles of territory with a population of 117,404.
There are 940 miles of County maintained roads, 348.8 miles of State and Federal maintained highways, and 548.29 miles of roadways inside cities of Jasper County.
Jasper County was established on January 29, 1841.
Governor Thomas Reynolds appointed John P. Osborn as Jasper County’s first Sheriff, who served from 1841 – 1846.
Carthage was chosen as the county seat on March 28, 1842.

List of Previous Sheriffs
1. | John P. Osborn | 1841 | 1846 |
2. | Samual B. LaForce | 1847 | 1850 |
3. | John Potts | 1851 | 1852 |
4. | T. F. Thompson | 1853 | 1856 |
5. | N. C. Hood | 1857 | 1859 |
6. | Thomas J. Haskell | 1860 | 1861 |
7. | Stephen M. Hood | 1862 | 1864 |
8. | Charles C. Brown | 1864 | 1864 |
9. | Edmond M. Burch | 1864 | 1865 |
10. | S. H. Caldwell | 1866 | 1868 |
11. | C. E. Spencer | 1869 | 1872 |
12. | J. S. Zane | 1873 | 1874 |
13. | U. Hendrickson | 1875 | 1876 |
14. | J. C. Beamer | 1877 | 1878 |
15. | J. S. McBride | 1879 | 1880 |
16. | R. M. Roberts | 1881 | 1884 |
17. | John C. Bailey | 1885 | 1888 |
18. | Julius C. Miller | 1889 | 1890 |
19. | James F. Purcell | 1891 | 1894 |
20. | W. S. Crane | 1895 | 1896 |
21. | W. H. Warren | 1897 | 1900 |
22. | Albert Rich | 1901 | 1902 |
23. | James T. Owen | 1903 | 1904 |
24. | John A. Marrs (R) | 1905 | 1906 |
25. | W. P. Parker | 1907 | 1908 |
26. | Arch McDonald (R) | 1909 | 1912 |
27. | C. E. Baker (D) | 1913 | 1916 |
28. | Oll Rogers (D) | 1917 | 1920 |
29. | Harry J. Mead (R) | 1921 | 1924 |
30. | Guy T. Humes (R) | 1925 | 1928 |
31. | Harry D. Stephens (R) | 1929 | 1932 |
32. | Oll Rogers (D) | 1933 | 1936 |
33. | Harry O. Rogers (D) | 1937 | 1940 |
34. | George H. Tatum | 1941 | 1944 |
35. | Russell Lamb (R) | 1945 | 1946 |
36. | George Hickam (R) | 1947 | 1972 |
37. | Joe Hart (R) | 1973 | 1976 |
38. | Leland B. Boatright (R) | 1977 | 1988 |
39. | W. J. Pierce (R) | 1989 | 2003 |
40. | W. Archie Dunn (R) | 2003 | 2012 |