Official Name: | Sparta Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dearborn |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 29.46 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 29.44 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2887 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 98.3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Elevation Ft: | 853 |
Coordinates: | 39.0828°N -85.0597°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-71738[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453857 |
Sparta Township is one of fourteen townships in Dearborn County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,894 and it contained 1,144 housing units.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.93%) is land and (or 0.07%) is water.[4]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains fifteen cemeteries: Beatty, Bedunnah, Churchill, Concord, Eden, Forest Hill, Heaton, McKinstry, Olcott, Record, Todd, Transier, Turner, Union and Whiteford.
Sparta Township residents may obtain a library card at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora.[5]