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Welcome to Sweetland ...So far, we found very little information about Sweetland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sweetland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sweetland, please Contact Us. Sweetland would have been located within present day Hand County<2>. The location of Sweetland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweetland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sweetland is 1,890 feet [576 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Sweetland was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Sweetland once stood is in the (605) area code. Communities Also Named Sweetland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sweetland - they are located in California, Iowa, Nova Scotia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sweetland. Communities near Sweetland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sweetland.
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 Sweetland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sweetland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sweetland. 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 Sweetland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweetland. See our Newspapers Page for Sweetland. Adding Sweetland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sweetland in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sweetland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Sweetland in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweetland. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of South Dakota: sd.gov/ Footnotes ...
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