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The Sparta Historic District in Sparta, Georgia, is a 50 acres (20 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It included 26 contributing buildings. [1] The Rossiter-Little House is a contributing property. The district is roughly bounded by Hamilton, Elm, W, and Burwell Streets. [1]
This library was also run as a subscription library at the cost of either $50 for a lifetime membership, or $5 per year. [6] The Young Men's Library Association continued to run the library, but community support was not enough to fund the ever-growing library collection. A trust fund of $12,700 set up in 1853 had dwindled to $3,200 by 1871.
Sparta was founded in 1795 in the newly formed Hancock County. The town was designated county seat in 1797. It was incorporated as a town in 1805 and as a city in 1893. [5] The community was named after Sparta, a city-state in Ancient Greece. [6]
A tide mill is a water mill driven by tidal rise and fall. A dam with a sluice is created across a suitable tidal inlet, or a section of river estuary is made into a reservoir . As the tide comes in, it enters the mill pond through a one-way gate, and this gate closes automatically when the tide begins to fall.
The headquarters of the library system is the Camilla Public Library, located in Camilla. The system is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. [2] Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books. [3]
1023 Hillery Lane, P.O. Box 69, Sapelo Island, GA 31327 Ida Hilton Public Library 1961 1105 North Way, Darien, GA 31305 Long County Public Library 1961 28 South Main Street, Ludowici, GA 31316 Pierce County Public Library 2024 785 College Ave, Blackshear, GA 31516 St Marys Public Library * 1949 100 Herb Bauer Drive, St. Marys, GA 31558
Off Rives Rd., northwest of Sparta [4 33°18′34″N 83°07′08″W / 33.3094°N 83.1189°W / 33.3094; -83.1189 ( Hurt-Rives Plantation Sparta
202 E. Bullard Avenue, Pearson, GA 31642 Willacoochee Public Library: 165 E. Fleetwood Avenue, Willacoochee, GA 31650 Ambrose Public Library: 1070 Cypress Street, Ambrose, GA 31512 Broxton Public Library: 105 Church Street, Broxton, GA 31519 Douglas-Coffee County Public Library: 200 S. Madison Avenue, Suite D, Douglas, GA 31533 Nicholls Public ...