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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.
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 ]
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.
The population density was 16.26 inhabitants per square mile (6.28/km 2). There were 270 housing units at an average density of 7.45 per square mile (2.88/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the township was 95.76% White , 0.34% African American , 0.17% Native American , 0.00% Asian , 0.00% Pacific Islander , 0.51% from other races , and 3.23% from ...
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. [3] In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton.
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Vincent said he wanted to be certain, because the new agreement requires the city to pay three months in advance for the building — $81,000 at $27,000 a month. "That is a lot of money for a ...
According to "The Heritage of Franklin County Illinois" by Susie M. Ramsey and Flossie P. Miller (1964), "Tyrone Township was named after an old steamboat. The first land entries were made by Levi Silkwood and John Kirkpatrick in 1831, and John Mulkey in 1833." (Pg. 16, 1993 Print Shop reprint edition)