Lead with the phone number
Jasper customers are comparing three or four businesses at once. Your number, your hours and your address belong at the top of every page, not buried in a footer.
Web design · Jasper, AL
Web designer in Jasper, AL
Custom websites for the businesses around the courthouse square and out along Highway 78 — built just down the road in Dora.
Local to Jasper
Web design for Jasper businesses
Jasper is the county seat and the busiest town in Walker County, which means it's also where your customers have the most choices. When somebody in Jasper needs a lawyer, a contractor, a dentist or a place to eat, they pull out a phone and pick from whoever shows up first and looks like they're still open for business.
We build websites that win that moment. Fast on a phone, clear about what you do and where you are, and one tap away from a phone call. We're based in Dora, about a twenty-minute drive, so if you'd rather sit down across a table than trade emails, that's easy to do.
Every site we build includes hosting you can count on and the groundwork for local search. When you're ready, pair it with website hosting in Jasper and local SEO for Jasper businesses.
A little about Jasper
Jasper, then and now
Jasper was first settled around 1815 and takes its name from Sgt. William Jasper, a hero of the Revolutionary War. One of the first settlers, E. D. Musgrove, donated land for the town on one condition: that it become the county seat. It did, and Jasper has been Walker County's first and only county seat ever since.
The railroads made it. The Kansas City–Memphis line came through in 1886, the same year the town incorporated, and the Sheffield and Birmingham line followed in 1888. Jasper went from about 200 people to more than 3,000 in four years, built on coal, coke ovens and sawmills.
It's also a town that has produced more than its share of names. The Bankhead family — two U.S. senators, a Speaker of the House, and actress Tallulah Bankhead — called it home, and President Franklin Roosevelt came to Jasper in 1940 for William B. Bankhead's memorial service. George Lindsey, Goober on The Andy Griffith Show, grew up here, and actors Polly Holliday and Michael Rooker were born here.
These days you can spend a Saturday at Bluegrass on the Blackwater in Blackwater Park, walk the downtown historic district, or tour the Bankhead House and Heritage Center.
Jasper at a glance
- Population
- 14,572
- ZIP codes
- 35501–35504
- Walker County
- County seat since 1823
- From our office in Dora
- About 13 miles
Population from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Census. Distance is a straight line from Dora. History from the Encyclopedia of Alabama.
What we focus on
What Jasper businesses need from a website
Show up on the map
Most local searches end in Google's map results. Your site and your Google Business Profile need to agree on name, address and phone, word for word.
Look established
A lot of Jasper businesses have been around for decades. Your website should look like it — real photos of your shop, your crew and your work, not stock pictures.
More on this: how a website for a country business is different from a city one.
Recent work
Websites we've built for businesses like yours
Real, live sites for small businesses and organizations. See the full portfolio.
More for Jasper
Hosting and SEO for Jasper businesses
Questions
Web design in Jasper: the short answers
Do you meet with Jasper clients in person?
Yes. We're based in Dora, so meeting in Jasper is a short drive. Plenty of clients are happy to do everything by phone, too.
How much does a website cost in Jasper?
Most small-business sites run $400 to $1,400 as a one-time build, then $200 a year for hosting and maintenance. You get a fixed price in writing before any work starts.
Can you redo the website I already have?
Usually, yes. We'll look at what you have, keep what works, and rebuild the rest so it's fast and easy to use on a phone.
Written by Zach Janczak, founder of Country Web Design in Dora, Alabama. Zach builds websites, hosting and local SEO for small businesses across Walker County, and before this he founded Chenango Web Design LLC. More about Zach.
Web design in Jasper, AL
Let's build something for Jasper
Call or text any day of the week, 6 AM to 11 PM. You'll get the person who builds your site — based just down the road in Dora.