Official Name: | Sparks, Bell County, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sparks |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bell |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 466 |
Coordinates: | 30.9286°N -97.3597°W |
Area Code: | 254 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1368875 |
Sparks is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
Established near a railway station in the late nineteenth century, Sparks was likely named after a local family. From 1897 to 1906, it had a post office, and as of 1964 it had a church near the railway station.[1]
Sparks is located on Farm to Market Road 95 and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, 11miles southeast of Belton in southeastern Bell County.[1]
In 1903, Sparks had a school with one teacher and 52 students.[1] Today, the community is served by the Academy Independent School District.