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Welcome to Swearingen ...

Swearingen is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Swearingen is located in Cottle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swearingen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Swearingen is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Swearingen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Swearingen: This one is located in Cottle County and the other is located in Collingsworth County.

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

Communities near Swearingen ...

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

  • Childress
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Paducah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paducah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
    • Paducah is located in Cottle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <3>
  • Baker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Baker is located in Cottle County
  • Kirkland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cee Vee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cee Vee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cee Vee
    • Cee Vee is located in Cottle County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cee Vee <3>
  • Chalk
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Goodlett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Narcisso
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcisso
    • Narcisso is located in Cottle County
  • Tell
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carey
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swearingen ...

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

Adding Swearingen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Swearingen 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 for Swearingen was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Swearingen in the book titled .<6> X3X - From that list, the Swearingen post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swearingen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cottle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Swearingen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/