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Sparta, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°52′16″N 117°19′27″W / 44.87111°N 117.32417°W / 44.87111; -117.32417
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Baker
Elevation	4,111 ft (1,253 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1136770

Sparta is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Sparta, Illinois, by William H. Packwood, a prominent Oregon pioneer who visited the gold diggings at the Powder River there in 1871.

By 1873, the population was 300 and the town had a general store, a hotel, a meat market, and a brewery; food came from the nearby Eagle Valley.

The town was platted in 1872, and the post office was established in 1872 and ran until 1952. The post office was originally named "Gem" in 1871 and was moved about a mile east when it was renamed Sparta to match the established community. The locale was also known as "Eagle City".

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oregon

References

1. ^ "Sparta". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 899–900. ISBN 978-0875952772.
3. ^ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 20, 44. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.

External links

• Historic image of Sparta from Salem Public Library

v t e Municipalities and communities of Baker County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Baker City
Cities	Baker City Greenhorn‡ Haines Halfway Huntington Richland Sumpter Unity
Unincorporated communities	Bridgeport Brownlee Carson Dixie Durkee Encina Hereford Homestead Hutchinson Jimtown Keating Lime Little Alps McEwen Nelson New Bridge Oxbow Pine Pleasant Valley Rock Creek Rye Valley Salisbury Sparta Weatherby Whitney Wingville
Ghost towns	Auburn Bourne Copperfield Cornucopia Eureka Pocahontas Robinette Sanger
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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