THE SPARTA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Lime Drift Plain setting.
Sparta township has 41.9 square miles of land in Crawford County. Its Census reference point is in Low Lime Drift Plain, within Erie Drift Plain.
Low rounded hills, glacial moraines, kettles and wetland areas define the Erie Drift Plain. Its terrain is more varied than nearby flatter farming regions and less rugged than the unglaciated plateaus.
Regional context: Erie Drift Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Sparta and Crawford County
Sparta is associated with Crawford County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Sparta by land and water
The Census records 0.19 square miles of water within Sparta, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Crawford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sparta township has 63.3 times the land area of nearby Spartansburg borough (0.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

