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Sparta is a city in White County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,599 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of White County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The Calfkiller River flows through the community. Seven sites in Sparta are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ==History== Sparta was established in 1809 as a county seat for White County, which had been created in 1806. The city was named after the ancient Greek city-state Sparta.〔Coral Williams, "(Legends and Stories of White County, Tennessee )." Transcribed for web content by Dona Terry, 2002. Retrieved: 6 January 2008.〕 Sparta nearly became the capital of the state of Tennessee, as, early in the history of Tennessee, the state legislature voted to choose a location for the permanent state capital. The final vote resulted in a near tie between Sparta and Nashville. Sparta lost to Nashville by one vote.〔 Sparta grew quickly due to its location along the stage road between Knoxville and Nashville. In the 1830s, brothers Barlow and Madison Fisk built the Sparta Rock House, which served as an inn along the stage road. The Rock House, strategically situated in an area where the Cumberland Plateau gives way to the Calfkiller valley, was a common stopover for figures important to the early history of the state, including Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston.〔Tennessee Historical Commission marker 2D 35 on US-70 in Sparta, Tennessee. Information obtained: 5 January 2008.〕 The building is now a state historic site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sparta in notable as a place where two renowned airmen lost their lives. Hawthorne C. Gray, an aviation record holder, died in a balloon-basket mishap over Sparta in 1927, and Lansing Holden, a World War I flying ace, crashed his plane near Sparta in 1938. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sparta, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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