Sparta Cemetery (2007)

Deeded to the town in 1806, this old burying ground holds Methodist bishop George Foster Pierce, statesmen and Revolutionary War veterans, its weathered funerary art tracing two centuries of changing styles.

Sparta Cemetery is a historical marker in Sparta, Hancock County, erected in 2007. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Hancock County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.2772, -82.9731 near Sparta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pierce Memorial Methodist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Sparta Cemetery, Sparta Cemetery, and Sparta.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.