unincorporated community
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in
Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundre ...
, United States.
History
Sparta was once home to two churches and a school. A post office operated under the name Sparta from 1850 to 1905.
Company H of the
13th Mississippi Infantry
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(known as "The Spartan Band") was enlisted at Sparta on March 23, 1861. Soldiers from this company served with the
Army of Northern Virginia
The Army of Northern Virginia was a field army of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was also the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed agains ...
in many battles, including
First Manassas
The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas . by
The 1967 film '' In the Heat of the Night'' was set in Sparta, but was actually filmed in and around
Sparta, Illinois
Sparta is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,095 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
The city was the principal filming location for the 1967 film ''In the Heat of the ...
. The
television series
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was also set in Sparta, but the fictional Sparta was larger and located somewhere along
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I-20 runs beginning at an interchange with I-10 in Reeves County, Texas, and ending at an interchange with I-95 in Florence, South Carolina. B ...