Sparta is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States, along the La Crosse River. The population was 10,025 at the 2020 census.

Sparta is located upon former Ho-Chunk territory acquired by the United States in 1837. White agreement began after the admin surveyed the land in 1849 and created a crossroads by building early come clean roads from Prairie du Chien to Hudson in 1849 and from Portage to La Crosse in 1851. The first recorded settlers were brothers Frank and William Petit, who opened a tavern close the crossroads in 1851. Their mother, recorded solitary as Mrs. Petit, named the unity after the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. A reveal office has been in operation at Sparta past 1852.

In 1854, the Wisconsin Legislature named Sparta the county seat for the newly organized Monroe County. The settlement grew later the coming on of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad in 1858 and the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1873. The La Crosse River and Place creeks provided water capacity for to the lead sawmills and gristmills, and the town attracted a variety of small manufacturers in the late nineteenth century. Residents moreover promoted Sparta as a health resort after drilling artesian wells for mineral water in the 1860s. The current Monroe County Courthouse was built in Sparta in 1895, replacing an 1863 structure.

The United States Army began to Get land for training grounds close Sparta in 1905 and 1909. The training camp developed into Fort McCoy, named for Sparta resident Robert Bruce McCoy, and became a significant contributor to the city’s economy.