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Sweet Home is located

Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County<1>.


The location of Sweet Home has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Home, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

Sweet Home is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Sweet Home is located in the (361) area code.

The ZIP code for Sweet Home: 77987<4>

Communities Also Named Sweet Home ...

While we believe that this Sweet Home is located in Lavaca County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Sweet Home. Those communities are located in the following counties: Guadalupe and Lee County.

Beyond Texas, 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 Tennessee.

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.

  • Yoakum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hallettsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Moulton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Wied
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wied have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wied
    • Wied is located in Lavaca County
  • Hope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Hope is located in Lavaca County
  • Pearl City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
    • Pearl City is located in DeWitt County
  • Terryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
    • Terryville is located in DeWitt County
  • Ezzell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezzell
    • Ezzell is located in Lavaca County
  • Breslau
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
    • Breslau is located in Lavaca County

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 for Sweet Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sweet Home post office opened in 1852.

We also found Sweet Home in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions 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 Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Lavaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Home - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 community (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).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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