Jurbarkas (pronunciationⓘ; Samogitian: Jorbarks, known also by several alternative names) is a city in Tauragė County, in Samogitia, Lithuania.

The name Jurbarkas is derived from the Ordensburg castle, Georgenburg, built in the 13th century.

The most notable non-Lithuanian names for the city include: in Samogitian Jorbarks, in German Georgenburg, Jurgenburg, and Eurburg, in Polish, Jurbork, and in Yiddish יורבורג (Yurburg).

The region was included within Lithuania in the Treaty of Melno in 1422, and the current site of Jurbarkas began to develop as a town and customs point, growing through the exporting of lumber on the Nemunas to Ducal Prussia.

The town was briefly liberated from the occupying Russian forces by the insurgents during the November Uprising in 1831.

During the years of Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan resistance (1944–1953) in Jurbarkas and neighbouring districts Lithuanian Laisvės gynėjų rinktinė (The Freedom Defenders Squad), belonging to partisans' Kęstutis military district was active.

During the 17th century some of the town's Jewish population were employed as tax collectors for the Lithuanian government.

The Soviet Union occupied the town in 1940 during World War II and nationalized many of the Jewish-owned companies.

A few dozen Jews from the town and escapees from the Kaunas Ghetto formed a partisan group to attack Nazi forces, although the majority were killed.