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I live in Trenton, Ontario. I had the pleasure of driving to Sparta, Tennessee back in January, 2008. I crossed the border in Buffalo, New York and the drive took me a little over 18 hours one way. New York, Ohio, and Kentucky had a relatively flat landscape but, as I started to enter Tennessee, the landscape changed to a huge mountainous wave. The scenery was beautiful and the rolling hills were endless!
A special census was conducted by the City of Sparta in 2001 making the official population 5,030. 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 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. The building is now a state historic site and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As we all know, January is quite cold but the weather in Sparta hit 74 degrees farenheit in the middle of January, 2008.
| Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Low | 28°F | 31°F | 38°F | 44°F | 53°F | 61°F | 65°F | 63°F | 57°F | 45°F | 38°F | 31°F |
| Average High | 49°F | 54°F | 63°F | 73°F | 79°F | 86°F | 89°F | 89°F | 83°F | 73°F | 62°F | 53°F |
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