Welcome to Sparta (aka 'Old Sparta') ...So far, we found very little information about Sparta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sparta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sparta, please Contact Us. Sparta would have been located within present day Conecuh County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Sparta for more information about variations on the name of Sparta. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sparta is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Sparta was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Sparta was located: 251 The community of Sparta has also been called Old Sparta. Communities Also Named Sparta ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Sparta - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sparta. Communities near Sparta ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sparta.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sparta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sparta. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sparta. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sparta. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sparta. See our Newspapers Page for Sparta. Adding Sparta to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sparta in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sparta was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparta. Footnotes ...
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