Welcome to Sparks ...Sparks is located Sparks is located in Bell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sparks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Sparks is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Sparks lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Sparks: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Sparks: This one is located in Bell County and the other is located in El Paso County. Beyond Texas, there are 15 communities that are also named Sparks - they are located in Colorado, Georgia (3), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sparks. Junior League: www.jlbellco.org/ We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sparks. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sparks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sparks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sparks. 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 Sparks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sparks. See our Newspapers Page 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. 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 (so far) for Sparks was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sparks.
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