Sparta, Georgia
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History
Sparta was founded in 1795 in the newly formed Hancock County. It became the county seat in 1797, was incorporated as a town in 1805, and later as a city in 1893.[2] The community was named after Sparta, a city-state in Ancient Greece.[3]
In 1864, during Sherman's March to the Sea, the town remained completely unscathed, reportedly due to the efforts of Confederate Captain Henry Culver, the son-in-law of local industrialist William Fraley, who successfully diverted Union troops away from the area.[4][5]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all land.
Major highways
- File:Georgia 15.svg State Route 15
- File:Georgia 16.svg State Route 16
- File:Georgia 22.svg State Route 22
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 848 | — | |
| 1890 | 1,540 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1900 | 1,150 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1910 | 1,715 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1920 | 1,895 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1930 | 1,613 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1940 | 1,872 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1950 | 1,954 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1960 | 1,921 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1970 | 2,172 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1980 | 1,754 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1990 | 1,710 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2000 | 1,522 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2010 | 1,400 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 1,357 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1850-1870[7] 1870-1880[8] 1890-1910[9] 1920-1930[10] 1940[11] 1950[12] 1960[13] 1970[14] 1980[15] 1990[16] 2000[17] 2010[18] | |||
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| Race | Num. | Perc. |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 189 | 13.93% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,116 | 82.24% |
| Native American | 1 | 0.07% |
| Asian | 23 | 1.69% |
| Other/Mixed | 17 | 1.25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 0.81% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,357 people, 669 households, and 419 families residing in the city.
Economy
Sparta is the site of Georgia's Hancock State Prison.
Education
Hancock County School District
The Hancock County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.[20] The district has 83 full-time teachers and over 670 students.
- Lewis Elementary School
- Hancock Central Middle School
- Hancock Central High School
- John Hancock Academy
Notable people
- Thomas "Pee Wee" Butts – professional baseball player[21]
- George Darden – United States Representative from Georgia who went to high school in Sparta
- Harvey Grant – professional basketball player
- Horace Grant – professional basketball player
- Tommy Hurricane Jackson – professional boxer
- Adella Hunt Logan – suffragist
- Jean Toomer – Harlem Renaissance writer and poet, once served as a principal in Sparta
- Angeria Paris VanMicheals – drag queen and finalist on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race and winner of the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
See also
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- Central Savannah River Area
- Rossiter-Little House - Oldest house in Sparta
References
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Further reading
- "History of Sparta, Georgia", Georgia Encyclopedia (John Rozier, Emory University), 12/5/2008
- Kent Anderson Leslie, Woman of Color, Daughter of Privilege: Amanda America Dickson, 1849-1893 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995).
- John Rozier, Black Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1982).
- John Rozier, The Houses of Hancock, 1785-1865 (Decatur, Ga.: privately printed, 1996).
- John Rozier, ed., The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth and Sallie Bird (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988).
- Forrest Shivers, The Land Between: A History of Hancock County, Georgia, to 1940 (Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1990).
External links
- Sparta historical marker
- Sparta Cemetery historical marker
- Pierce Memorial Methodist Church historical marker
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