Coordinates | 21°18′32″N157°49′34″N |
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Official name | Sparks, Nevada |
Settlement type | City |
Nickname | City of Promise |
Image seal | |
Map caption | Location of Sparks in Nevada |
Coordinates region | US-NV |
Subdivision type | Country |
Subdivision name | United States |
Subdivision type1 | State |
Subdivision name1 | Nevada |
Subdivision type2 | County |
Subdivision name2 | Washoe County |
Leader title | Mayor |
Leader name | Geno Martini |
Area magnitude | 1 E9 |
Area total km2 | 62.1 |
Area land km2 | 62.0 |
Area water km2 | 0.1 |
Population as of | 2008 |
Population total | 89449 |
Timezone | PST |
Utc offset | -8 |
Timezone dst | PDT |
Utc offset dst | -7 |
Elevation ft | 4413 |
Area total sq mi | 24.0 |
Area land sq mi | 23.9 |
Area water sq mi | 0.1 |
Elevation m | 1225 |
Website | http://www.ci.sparks.nv.us/ |
Postal code type | ZIP codes |
Postal code | 89431-89436 |
Area code | 775 |
Blank name | FIPS code |
Blank info | 32-68400 |
Blank1 name | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 info | 0856391 |
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Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, located east of Reno, Nevada. The 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population count was 90,264. Sparks is often referred to as half of a twin city (i.e., "Reno-Sparks").
Sparks has a semi-arid climate.
There were 24,601 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $45,745, and the median income for a family was $52,029. Males had a median income of $35,215 versus $28,242 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,122. About 6.5% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
The population density in the area remained very low until 1904 when the Southern Pacific Railroad built a switch yard and maintenance sheds there. The city that sprung up around them was first called Harriman after E. H. Harriman, president of the Southern Pacific. The city was quickly renamed Sparks after John Sparks, the Governor of Nevada at that time.
Sparks remained a small and sleepy town until the 1950s, when economic growth in Reno triggered a housing boom north of the railroad in the area of Sparks. During the 1970s, the area south of the railroad started to fill up with warehouses and light industry. In 1984 the tower for John Ascuaga's Nugget was finished, giving Sparks its first, and currently only, high-rise casino. In 1996, the redevelopment effort of the old and unsightly B Street business district across from the Nugget that started in the early 1980s took a step forward with the opening of a multi-screen movie complex and the construction of a plaza area. This area, now known as Victorian Square, is a pedestrian-friendly district that hosts many open-air events.
Under direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a comprehensive dynamic water quality computer model, the DSSAM Model was developed (Earth Metrics, 1987) to analyze impacts of a variety of land use and stormwater management decisions throughout the Truckee River Basin; this model was used to develop a set of surface runoff stormwater management measures for Sparks in the 1980s.
Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Sparks. The city's passenger rail station is centrally located on Nugget Avenue east of 11th Street, within the Union Pacific Railroad Yard. Amtrak Train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Sparks at 8:55am every day and serves the cities of Reno, Truckee, Colfax, Roseville, Sacramento, Davis, Martinez and Emeryville, across the bay from San Francisco. Amtrak Train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, is scheduled to depart Sparks at 4:08pm every day and serves the cities of Winnemucca, Elko, Salt Lake, Provo, Helper, Green River, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Denver, Omaha, Galesburg, and Chicago.
+ Notable people from Sparks, Nevada | ||||
!Name | Native| | Profession | Reason for notability | |
T.J. Bell | | | Motor sport driver | Auto Racing Club of America | |
Brian Crane | | | Syndicated cartoonist | Pickles (comic strip)>Pickles | |
Jim Gibbons (U.S. politician) | Jim Gibbons | | | Politician | Former Governor of Nevada |
Jena Malone | | | Actress | ||
Karl Rove | | | Political activist, lobbyist and pundit | ||
Brian Retterer | | | Athlete (swimmer) | NCAA Champion at Stanford University | |
Scott Cousins | | | Athlete (Professional baseball player) |
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