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Communities Also Named Sparta ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Sparta.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Sparta.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 25 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 25 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Conecuh County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sparta [Conecuh County].
    • Georgia
      • Hancock County
      • This Sparta is located in Hancock County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Sparta.
    • Illinois
      • Randolph County
      • This Sparta is located in Randolph County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Sparta.
    • Indiana
      • Dearborn County
      • This Sparta is located in Dearborn County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Sparta.
    • Kansas
      • McPherson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sparta [McPherson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Gallatin County
      • This Sparta is located in Gallatin County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Sparta.
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • This Sparta is located in Bienville Parish and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Sparta.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Sparta is located in Kent County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Sparta.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Sparta is located in Saint Louis County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<2> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Sparta.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Sparta is located in Chickasaw County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Sparta.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sparta [Buchanan County].
      • Christian County
      • This Sparta is located in Christian County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Sparta.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox County
      • This Sparta is located in Knox County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Sparta.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Sparta is located in Sussex County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Sparta.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Sparta is located in Westchester County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Sparta.
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • This Sparta is located in Alleghany County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Sparta.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Athens County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Sparta.
      • Morrow County
      • This Sparta is located in Morrow County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Sparta.
      • Stark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sparta [Stark County].
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Sparta [Baker County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Sparta is located in Washington County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sparta.
    • Tennessee
      • White County
      • This Sparta is located in White County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Sparta.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sparta [Bell County].
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Sparta is located in Caroline County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Sparta.
    • Wisconsin
      • Monroe County
      • This Sparta is located in Monroe County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Sparta.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sparta ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Candyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candyville
  • Copenhagen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Erie Rest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jaffa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffa came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffa
  • Kingsmill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsmill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
  • Norman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Summers Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Corners
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Sparta to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sparta to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sparta and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 326 miles [524.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Sparta to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sparta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sparta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7025, Longitude: -81.0788    
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sparta could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sparta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.14 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.576 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.09 degrees.




 

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