Sparta’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Sparta. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSparta Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,914 at the 2020 census, up from 1,832 at the 2010 census. The Township surrounds Spartansburg, a borough of a few hundred people.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,832 to 1,910 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sparta yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Sparta’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sparta’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Sparta, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Sparta is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sparta has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William and Elisabeth Edwards House in Spartansburg, 0.6 miles away.
Sparta and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Pennsylvania - Crawford County - ED 20-42, ED 20-43A, ED 20-43B, ED 20-… (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.