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Sparta, Mississippi

Field	Value
official_name	Sparta, Mississippi
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
pushpin_map	Mississippi#USA
pushpin_label	Sparta
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Mississippi
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Chickasaw
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_ft	335
coordinates
area_code	662
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
blank_info	678038

Sparta is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Sparta was once home to two churches and a school. A post office operated under the name Sparta from 1850 to 1905.

Company H of the 13th Mississippi Infantry (known as "The Spartan Band") was enlisted at Sparta on March 23, 1861. Soldiers from this company served with the Army of Northern Virginia in many battles, including First Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the Appomattox campaign.

Popular culture

The 1967 film In the Heat of the Night was set in Sparta, but was actually filmed in and around Sparta, Illinois. The television series was also set in Sparta, but the fictional Sparta was larger and located somewhere along Interstate 20.

References

{{gnis. 678038
Rowland, Dunbar. (1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association.
"Chickasaw County". Jim Forte Postal History.
(25 January 2017). "Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record". McFarland.
"17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry". National Park Service.

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