Welcome to Sweet Gum ...
Sweet Gum is located in Lauderdale County<1>.
Sweet Gum is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Sweet Gum lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Sweet Gum: 256 & 938<3>
Communities Also Named Sweet Gum ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sweet Gum - it's located in Georgia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sweet Gum.
Communities near Sweet Gum ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sweet Gum.
- Florence
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
- New Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Prospect is located in Lawrence County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,880 people
- Loretto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rogersville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,293 people
- Former name for Rogersville:
- Rodgersville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <4>
- Corning ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corning is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Killen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Joseph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Florian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
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 Gum. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sweet Gum.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sweet Gum. 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 Gum.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sweet Gum. See our Newspapers Page for Sweet Gum.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweet Gum ...
Looking for more information about Sweet Gum? 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 Gum, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sweet Gum.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Gum - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Sweet Gum area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Sweet Gum area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |