page_title: Sparta, New Jersey
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Sparta, New Jersey / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: View south along New Jersey State Route 15 (Sparta Bypass) just south of New Jersey State Route 181 (Lafayette Road) in Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
context_page_description: Sparta Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 19,722, reflecting an increase of 1,642 from the 18,080 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,923 from the 15,157 counted in the 1990 Census.
  Sparta was organized as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1845, from portions of Byram Township, Frankford Township, Hardyston Township and Newton Township. The township was named after the existing community of Sparta, which had been settled and named years before, the name likely coming from Sparta, Greece. Ogdensburg borough was incorporated on February 26, 1914, from portions of Sparta Township.
caption: Route 15 southbound in Sparta Township
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