[6] The town was formed in 1820 from lands acquired from Betsy Pack (1770–1851), daughter of Cherokee Chief John Lowery.

[7] Jasper was formed from land leased for $1 from Elizabeth aka "Betsy" Pack, daughter of Chief John Lowery and beloved Cherokee Woman Nannie Watts.

[8] Her descendants and friends of the family gather on a semi-annual basis to place flowers at the courthouse marker.

The town's primary north-south street, which follows a section of Tennessee State Route 150, has been named in honor of Pack.

The town lies in the southwestern Sequatchie Valley in a relatively flat area surrounded by steep escarpments of the Cumberland Plateau on the north and west, low hills on the east, and Guntersville Lake (part of the Tennessee River) on the south.

State Route 150 connects Jasper with the Grundy County area atop the Plateau to the northwest.

Tennessee State Route 28, part of the primary north-south corridor in the Sequatchie Valley, intersects US-72 in southeastern Jasper.