Sparks is an unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

[2] Businesses in the village include an outfitting company, Dryland Aquatics, that has served visitors to the nearby Niobrara River since 1980, Sparks Store, which houses the post office and Dryland Aquatics, and the Sparks Museum of History.

It was called Seven Creeks and consisted of the area between the military reservation on the west and the Keya Paha County line to the east.

As an early pioneer structure, that remains true to its original construction, it is an important historical landmark.

George Sawyer built the first rock store, which housed the post office that was established on March 15, 1888.

In 1920, John and Rose Langer Simons purchased Sparks and ran the store and post office for 25 years.

Waldo ran the store for 45 years until Lou and Jan Christiansen of Fremont bought the town of Sparks in 1985.

They moved the headquarters to the Sparks General store in 1985 and ran Dryland Aquatics next door to the Post Office.

In May 1998, Edward and Louise Egelhoff Heinert bought the Town of Sparks and Dryland Aquatics.

In 1998, they added a bunk house that was previously the computer and special needs build for the Valentine elementary school from District 6.