Sparks is an unincorporated community in Bell County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 30 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area.
Established near a railway station in the late nineteenth century, Sparks was likely named after a local family. From 1897 to 1906, it had a post office, and as of 1964 it had a church near the railway station.
Sparks is located on Farm to Market Road 95 and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, southeast of Belton in southeastern Bell County.
In 1903, Sparks had a school with one teacher and 52 students. Today, the community is served by the Academy Independent School District.