Census Data for Sweetwater

As far as we can tell, Sweetwater has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Sweetwater, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Beech Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Mountain is located in Avery County
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Banner Elk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Banner Elk is located in Avery County
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Boone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Watauga County
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Seven Devils
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Seven Devils is located in Avery County
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Sugar Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County
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Elk Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Park is located in Avery County
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Mountain City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain City is located in Johnson County (TN)
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Blowing Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blowing Rock is located in Caldwell County
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Grandfather
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County
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Newland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Newland is located in Avery County
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Crossnore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crossnore is located in Avery County
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West Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Jefferson is located in Ashe County
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- Jefferson
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  - Jefferson is located in Ashe County
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- Lansing
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  - Lansing is located in Ashe County
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- Elizabethton
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  - Elizabethton is located in Carter County (TN)
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Watauga County ...

Sweetwater is located in Watauga County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Watauga County.

Miscellaneous Information for Sweetwater ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Watauga County or the community of Sweetwater:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Sweetwater:
- GNIS ID for Sweetwater: 1022868
- GNIS ID for Watauga County: 1008594
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 37 (North Carolina)
- County Code: 189 (Watauga County)
- Place Code: 66440 (Sweetwater)
- State & County Code: 37/189 (North Carolina / Watauga County)
- State & Place Code: 37/66440 (North Carolina / Sweetwater)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Sweetwater is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Sweetwater.

Footnotes ...

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<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Watauga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.