I'm an Allegany County native that returned “home” in 2006 after living in Mooresville, NC. I brought my family back to Sparta for the charms of small-town life and a rural setting that is far from the hectic pace of urban life in and around Charlotte, NC. Sparta is just a great place to raise a family and the folks around here are truly great neighbors. It’s a town that you drive through and people throw up a hand to wave as they drive past.