Sparta Township Cemetery – Wataga – United States

Sparta Township Cemetery is located at 600 E. Coal Street in Wataga, Knox County, Illinois. The cemetery is identified in regional burial records under the Sparta Township Cemetery name and serves the Wataga area. A documented interment is Anthony Arie, a Civil War veteran who served in Company K of the 83rd Illinois Infantry and died in 1915. Genealogical records also identify burials dating from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century, including Nettie Huston, Claude Pittman, and Gordon Taylor. Recent funeral notices indicate that the cemetery remains in use for burials from Wataga and nearby communities. Visitors researching a grave should search under both “Sparta Township Cemetery” and “Wataga Cemetery,” as both names appear in published records. ([museums.kenosha.org](https://museums.kenosha.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AnthonyArie83rdILCollection-1.pdf?utm_source=openai))