So has been the history of—

Old Sparta

Come with us now through the pages of her colorful past—

Old Sparta — Oldest surviving settlement in the county, and also was a trading center.

 Old Sparta, town in Edgecombe County on Tar River—Incorporated in 1876, and reincorporated as Old Sparta 1903.  Was a Post office as early as 1829—Discontinued in 1905:  The following names are some of the first Postmasters:

William I. Andrews                    Willis I. Cobb
Joseph P. Pitt                              Exum L. Moore    
John F. Hughes                           William I Moore
Joab Pitt                                      Jesse E. Brown
James Carney                              Levis Harris
Kinchen Harrell

 Discontinued 14, May 1868, reestablished 11 May 1869

William Z. Moore
Kinchen Harrell
John L. Harrell

 Changed to “Old Sparta”

Kinchen Harrell             John B. Keech 
William G. Harrell        William G. Harrell
James K. Harrell             Jefferson D. Webb
William G. Harrell

Discontinued 5 March 1907; effective 30 March 1907

Dispatch papers to Macclesfield

*Note: Information as submitted by Gladys Johnson/Old Sparta

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