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Welcome to Sweetland ...

Although we found mention of Sweetland during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Sweetland was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Sweetland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sweetland, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Sweetland might be (or was) located is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).

Area Codes for Sweetland: 902 & 782<2>

Communities Also Named Sweetland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sweetland - they are located in California, Iowa, South Dakota and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Sweetland ...

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweetland ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Sweetland and then turned west". While Sweetland could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sweetland as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sweetland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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 902 code has been Overlayed with the 782 area code. New phone numbers in the Sweetland area will be assigned with one of these codes: 902 or 782. As a result, placing a call in the Sweetland area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.