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Welcome to Sparks ...

Sparks is located in Moffat County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparks, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

Sparks is 7,130 feet [2,173 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sparks is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Sparks lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sparks: 970

Communities Also Named Sparks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Sparks - they are located in Georgia (3), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sparks.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sparks ...

Looking for more information about Sparks? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sparks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sparks.

Adding Sparks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sparks 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 for Sparks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Sparks post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparks.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sparks. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Moffat County: www.co.moffat.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Moffat, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sparks - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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