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Introduction ...
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.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Sparta (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sparta. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sparta is historic, it would have been located within present day Buchanan County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Buchanan County: Atchison (KS), Doniphan (KS), Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb & Platte.
Below are the counties that are near Sparta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sparta:
- Buchanan County (The home county of Sparta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Willow Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Matney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Faucett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Agency
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- De Kalb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Easton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Lewis and Clark Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Andrew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Country Club
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Country Club is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,530 people
- Avenue City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Avenue City is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenue City
- Amazonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Cosby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Nodaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nodaway is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodaway
- Rochester ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rochester is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Savannah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Helena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helena is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Wyeth ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wyeth is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeth
- Fillmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Rosendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rea is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nashua is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Holt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Gower
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Starfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Starfield is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starfield
- Trimble
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lilly is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Keystone ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Lathrop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Turney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Clarksdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Stewartsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Star is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Osborn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Amity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amity is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Holt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Forbes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Oregon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Point is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Dearborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sugar Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Lake
- Camden Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodruff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodruff is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Edgerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iatan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iatan is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgely is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tracy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tracy is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- West Platte
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Platte is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Platte
- Platte City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- East Leavenworth is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Leavenworth
- Stillings
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stillings is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillings
- Atchison County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Atchison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Mills is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Mills
- Port Williams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Potter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Potter is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Cummings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Monrovia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Doniphan County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Palermo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Wathena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Doniphan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Brenner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Moray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Bendena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Fanning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Denton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Severance
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Jefferson County (KS)
- Nortonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Kickapoo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kickapoo is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickapoo
- Lowemont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Leavenworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bain City is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bain City
- Easton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lansing is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <2>
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sparta, see our County-by-County Page for Sparta.
Cemeteries Near Sparta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sparta.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sparta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sparta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Old Sparta Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sparta Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New King Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Feuquay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Faucett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (277 more) ...
- Yates Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Karns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Sparta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sparta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sparta, with the one closest to Sparta listed first.
- Willow Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Brook is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Faucett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Matney is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Agency
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halleck
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halleck is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halleck
- Kenmoor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kenmoor is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenmoor
- De Kalb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Wallace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Saxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Saint Joseph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elwood is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Garrettsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Garrettsburg is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Halls is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Frazier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frazier is located in Buchanan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Dearborn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sparta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sparta.
Newspapers Published in Sparta ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 148 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sparta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sparta, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sparta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sparta:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Buchanan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Andrew County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- DeKalb County
- Holt County
- Platte County
- Atchison County
- Doniphan County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sparta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sparta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |