Sparta, Mississippi

Sparta, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 33°46′07″N88°58′45″W / 33.76861°N 88.97917°W / 33.76861; -88.97917
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Chickasaw
Elevation	335 ft (102 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	678038 [1]

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

History

Sparta was once home to two churches and a school. ^[2] A post office operated under the name Sparta from 1850 to 1905. ^[3]

Company H of the 13th Mississippi Infantry (known as "The Spartan Band") was enlisted at Sparta on March 23, 1861. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

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

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sparta, Mississippi
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 713.
3. "Chickasaw County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
4. John W. Busey; Travis W. Busey (January 25, 2017). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record. McFarland. p. 1881. ISBN   978-1-4766-2436-5.
5. "17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry". The Civil War Trail. National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2020.