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Welcome to Sweet Home ...

Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Sweet Home is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sweet Home: 501

The ZIP code for Sweet Home: 72164<3>

Communities Also Named Sweet Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Sweet Home: This one is located in Pulaski County and the other is located in Perry County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 12 communities that are also named Sweet Home - they are located in Alabama, 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.

  • Little Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • North Little Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sherwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jacksonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bryant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Maumelle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shannon Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
  • Alexander
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • England
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wrightsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 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 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.

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 (so far) for Sweet Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sweet Home post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweet Home.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Pulaski, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Sweet Home). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Sweet Home or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/