Sparta Township is one of twenty-one

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in Knox County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,165 and it contained 517 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 100%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

* Wataga

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Robbins and Wataga.

Demographics

School districts

* Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 * Rowva Community Unit School District 208

Political districts

* Illinois's 17th congressional district * State House District 74 * State Senate District 37

References

;Notes *
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States National Atlas
;Sources

External links

Township Officials of Illinois
{{authority control Townships in Knox County, Illinois Galesburg, Illinois micropolitan area Townships in Illinois