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Welcome to Spartapolis ...

Spartapolis is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spartapolis, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1841.

Time Zone: Spartapolis lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Adding Spartapolis to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Spartapolis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Spartapolis post office opened in 1841.

We also found Spartapolis in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spartapolis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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