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Sparta is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,095 at the 2020 census. [3] The city was the principal filming location for the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. [4] Consumer ammunition manufacturer Underwood Ammo is headquartered and solely based in Sparta.
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Franklin County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 37,804. [ 1 ] The largest city is West Frankfort and the county seat is Benton . [ 2 ]
The Sparta Historic District is a residential historic district in Sparta, Illinois. The district consists of fourteen homes in a neighborhood of southern Sparta known as Bricktown. As indicated by the neighborhood's name, all but one of the houses are brick buildings; the remaining house is a wooden Victorian home with a decorative brick chimney.
The Daily American was an American daily newspaper in West Frankfort, Illinois, in operation from March 1920 until March 2015. In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger . [ 2 ] Former owner GateHouse Media purchased roughly 160 daily and weekly newspapers from Hollinger in 1997. [ 3 ]
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Franklin is in southeastern Morgan County. Illinois Route 104 runs through the southwest part of the village, leading northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Jacksonville, the county seat, and northeast 6 miles (10 km) to Waverly. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Franklin has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.15 km 2), all land. [2]
Carroll County Courthouse (Illinois) Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District (Carthage, Illinois) Cathedral of Saint Peter (Rockford, Illinois) Cattle Bank; Central Geneva Historic District; Centralia Commercial Historic District; Christian Hill Historic District; Col. Nathan Whitney House; Col. William H. Fulkerson Farmstead