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Welcome to Sweetwater ...

Sweetwater is located in Hardee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweetwater, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Sweetwater is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sweetwater lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sweetwater: 863

Communities Also Named Sweetwater ...

While we believe that this Sweetwater is located in Hardee County, we know of another 4 Florida communities named Sweetwater. Those communities are located in the following counties: Duval, Hillsborough, Liberty and Miami-Dade County.

Beyond Florida, there are 32 communities that are also named Sweetwater - they are located in Alabama, Arizona (3), British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Sweetwater ...

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

  • Avon Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sebring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Arcadia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wauchula
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bowling Green
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Zolfo Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Crewsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crewsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
    • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
  • Calvinia ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calvinia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvinia
    • Calvinia is located in DeSoto County
  • Ona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • De Soto City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Soto City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
    • De Soto City is located in Highlands County

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 Sweetwater. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sweetwater.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sweetwater. 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 Sweetwater.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweetwater ...

Looking for more information about Sweetwater? 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 Sweetwater, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sweetwater.

Adding Sweetwater to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sweetwater post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweetwater.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hardee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweetwater - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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