Sparta, Georgia

Sparta is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Milledgeville micropolitan statistical area. The city's population was 1,400 at the 2010 census.

History
Sparta was founded in 1795 in the newly formed Hancock County. The town was designated county seat in 1797. It was incorporated as a town in 1805 and as a city in 1893. The community was named after Sparta, a city-state in Ancient Greece.

Geography
Sparta is located at 33.28333°N, -82.96667°W (33.2773, -82.9715). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 sqmi, all land.

Major highways

 * Georgia 15.svg State Route 15
 * Georgia 16.svg State Route 16
 * Georgia 22.svg State Route 22

Demographics
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,357 people, 669 households, and 419 families residing in the city.

Economy
Sparta is the site of Georgia's Hancock State Prison.

Hancock County School District
The Hancock County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 103 full-time teachers and over 1,659 students.


 * Lewis Elementary School
 * Hancock Central Middle School
 * Hancock Central High School
 * John Hancock Academy

Notable people

 * Thomas "Pee Wee" Butts – professional baseball player
 * George Darden – United States Representative from Georgia who went to high school in Sparta
 * Harvey Grant – professional basketball player
 * Horace Grant – professional basketball player
 * Tommy Hurricane Jackson – professional boxer
 * Adella Hunt Logan – suffragist
 * Jean Toomer – Harlem Renaissance writer and poet, once served as a principal in Sparta
 * Angeria Paris VanMicheals – drag queen and finalist on season 14 of RuPaul's Drag Race