Sparta, Illinois

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Sparta, Illinois is a small city in Randolph County known for serving as the real-life filming location that stood in for the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi, in the television series "In the Heat of the Night."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
country United States of America
countrySubdivision State of Illinois NERFINISHED
county Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED
hasAreaCode 618
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
hasDemographicCharacteristic small population size
hasEconomicActivity agriculture in surrounding area
light industry
local retail and services
hasFeature historic downtown area
local businesses
residential neighborhoods
hasFictionalCounterpart Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) NERFINISHED
hasGNISFeatureClass populated place
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government
hasLatitudeApprox 38.1° N
hasLongitudeApprox 89.7° W
hasMediaAssociation "In the Heat of the Night" television series NERFINISHED
hasOfficialName City of Sparta NERFINISHED
hasPopulation approximately 4,000–5,000 inhabitants
hasPostalCode 62286
hasRegion Southern Illinois NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType city
hasSubdivisionName Randolph County NERFINISHED
hasSubdivisionName1 Illinois NERFINISHED
hasSubdivisionType county
hasSubdivisionType1 state
isAccessibleVia Illinois state highways
isFilmingLocationOf In the Heat of the Night (TV series) NERFINISHED
isKnownFor serving as filming location for the television series "In the Heat of the Night"
small-city character in rural southern Illinois
isLocatedInRegion United States Midwest NERFINISHED
isLocatedNear Mississippi River region of southern Illinois NERFINISHED
isPartOf Randolph County, Illinois micropolitan area NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf articles about filming locations of "In the Heat of the Night"
locatedIn Illinois
Midwestern United States
Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
portraysFictionalLocation Sparta, Mississippi NERFINISHED
state Illinois
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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Sparta, Mississippi (fictional town) portrayedByRealLocation Sparta, Illinois
subject surface form: Sparta, Mississippi
Knox County, Illinois hasMunicipality Sparta, Illinois