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Welcome to Sweet Home ...

The city of Sweet Home is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Sweet Home has a population of 9,947 people<2> (see below for details).

Sweet Home is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sweet Home lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sweet Home: 541 & 458<4>

The ZIP code for Sweet Home: 97386<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Sweet Home had an population of 9,947 people. This is an increase of 11.45% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 24.09% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Sweet Home had a population of 8,925 people (which is 7.64% of the total population of Linn County). This makes Sweet Home the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Sweet Home represents 0.23% of the population of Oregon (which has 3,831,074 people), making it the state's 55th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 8,925 people, the population of Sweet Home increased 11.34% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 8,016 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Sweet Home.

Communities Also Named Sweet Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Sweet Home - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas (3).

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

Websites for Sweet Home ...

Official Website: www.ci.sweet-home.or.us/

Communities near Sweet Home ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sodaville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sodaville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Waterloo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Holley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holley is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
  • Crawfordsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cascadia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lacomb
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lacomb is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacomb
  • South Lebanon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
  • Mabel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mabel is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sweet Home, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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.<7>

From that list, the Sweet Home post office opened in 1874.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Sweet Home.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Sweet Home area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Sweet Home area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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 city (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).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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/