| Official Name: | Sparks, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cook |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.72 |
| Area Land Km2: | 10.27 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.45 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.14 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.97 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.17 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2043 |
| Population Density Km2: | 198.90 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 515.13 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.1692°N -83.4397°W |
| Elevation M: | 73 |
| Elevation Ft: | 240 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31647[2] |
| Area Code: | 229 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-72556[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0333097[4] |
Sparks is a town in Cook County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,052 at the 2010 census,[5] and 2,043 in 2020.
A post office called Sparks was established in 1888.[6] The community was named after W.B. Sparks, the president of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway.[7] [8]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sparks as a town in 1888.[9]
Sparks is located near the center of Cook County at 31.1692°N -83.4398°W.[10] It is bordered on the south by the city of Adel, the county seat. U.S. Route 41 passes through the center of the town as Goodman Street. Interstate 75 runs through the west side of the town, with access from Exit 41. Tifton is to the north, and Valdosta is to the south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Sparks has a total area of 10.7km2, of which 10.1sqkm is land and 0.6km2, or 5.64%, is water.[5]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 634 | 31.03% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,149 | 56.24% | |
| Native American | 2 | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 3 | 0.15% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.05% | |
| Other/Mixed | 60 | 2.94% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 194 | 9.5% |