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Welcome to Sweet Home ...The city of Sweet Home is located in Linn County<1>. The location of Sweet Home has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Sweet Home has a population of 9,947 people<3> (see below for details). Sweet Home is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Sweet Home lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Websites for Sweet Home ...Official Website: www.ci.sweet-home.or.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Sweet Home had an population of 9,947 people. This is an increase of 11.45% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24.09% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Sweet Home had a population of 8,925 people (or 7.65% of the total population of Linn County). This makes Sweet Home the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Sweet Home represents 0.23% of the population of Oregon (which has 3,831,074 people), making it the state's 55th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 8,925 people, the population of Sweet Home increased 11.34% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 8,016 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Sweet Home. 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 Alabama, Arkansas (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, 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.
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. In addition to the Tourism page for Sweet Home, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sweet Home. Adding Sweet Home to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sweet Home in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sweet Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Sweet Home in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweet Home. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Sweet Home: www.ci.sweet-home.or.us/ The official website for Linn County: www.co.linn.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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