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Welcome to Sweet Home ...

Sweet Home is located in Dickson County<1>.

Sweet Home is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sweet Home lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

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, Oregon and Texas (3).

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

Communities near Sweet Home ...

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

  • Cheap Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheap Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
    • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
  • Oakridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
  • Dickson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Ashland City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
    • Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
  • White Bluff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bluff
    • White Bluff is located in Dickson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,689 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Bluff <4>
  • Kingston Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Springs
    • Kingston Springs is located in Cheatham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,714 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston Springs <4>
  • Pegram
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
    • Pegram is located in Cheatham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
  • McEwen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
    • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <4>
  • Charlotte
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Burns
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
    • Burns is located in Dickson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <4>

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sweet Home, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sweet Home.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sweet Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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