Welcome to Sparta ...Sparta is located in Knox County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. Sparta is 1,640 feet [500 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Sparta lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Sparta: 402 & 531<3> Communities Also Named Sparta ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Sparta - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sparta ...Looking for more information about Sparta? 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 Sparta, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparta. Footnotes ...
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