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Welcome to Sweet Home ...

Sweet Home is located in Talladega County<1>.


The location of Sweet Home has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


Sweet Home is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sweet Home lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sweet Home (for example, toward Bowdon (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Sweet Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Sweet Home - they are located in Arkansas (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sweet Home.

Communities near Sweet Home ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sweet Home.

  • Oxford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Anniston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Talladega
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacksonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Jacksonville is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,972 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville <4>
  • Lincoln
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Talladega County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,979 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Heflin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Weaver
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Riverside
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,376 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <4>
  • Lineville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Ragland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
    • Ragland is located in Saint Clair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,718 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ragland <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sweet Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sweet Home.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sweet Home. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweet Home.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Home. See our Newspapers Page for Sweet Home.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweet Home ...

Looking for more information about Sweet Home? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sweet Home, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sweet Home.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sweet Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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