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Welcome to Sparkman ...

Sparkman is located in Van Buren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparkman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Sparkman is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sparkman lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sparkman (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Sparkman: 931

Communities Also Named Sparkman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sparkman - they are located in Arkansas, Florida and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Sparkman ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sparkman.

  • Clarktown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Smyrna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smyrna is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
  • McMinnville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sparta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Smithville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sopha ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sopha is located in Van Buren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
  • Newton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Spencer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Doyle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Doyle is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Burnett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Burnett is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
    • Estimated population in 2014: 418 people

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 Sparkman. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sparkman.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sparkman. 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 Sparkman.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sparkman. See our Newspapers Page for Sparkman.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sparkman ...

Looking for more information about Sparkman? 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 Sparkman, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sparkman.

Adding Sparkman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sparkman 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 Sparkman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sparkman post office opened in 1878. The Sparkman post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparkman.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sparkman - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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