Official Name: | Sparta, Mississippi |
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: | 33.7686°N -88.9792°W |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 678038 |
Sparta is an unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States.
Sparta was once home to two churches and a school.[1] A post office operated under the name Sparta from 1850 to 1905.[2]
Company H of the 13th Mississippi Infantry (known as "The Spartan Band") was enlisted at Sparta on March 23, 1861.[3] 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.[4]
The 1967 film In the Heat of the Night was set in Sparta, but was actually filmed in and around Sparta, Illinois.