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Welcome to Sweeneyville ...

Sweeneyville is located in Taylor County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweeneyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Sweeneyville is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Sweeneyville and travel south, you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Sweeneyville: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Sweeneyville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sweeneyville - it's located in New Brunswick.

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

Communities near Sweeneyville ...

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

  • Campbellsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Greensburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Loretto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bradfordsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Mary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Raywick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Saloma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Saloma is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saloma
  • Elk Horn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweeneyville ...

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

Adding Sweeneyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sweeneyville 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 Sweeneyville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sweeneyville post office opened in 1914. The Sweeneyville post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweeneyville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Taylor, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweeneyville - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Sweeneyville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Sweeneyville 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.
<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/