Sweetwater, Nebraska

Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2, half way between Ravenna and Hazard. It is a part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sweetwater is located on Mud Creek, a tributary of the South Loup River.

Sweetwater, Nebraska
U6 (FIPS 55-3), Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 41°02′40″N 99°00′27″W
CountryUnited States
StateNebraska
CountyBuffalo
Elevation
2,060 ft (628 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
68869
Area code308
GNIS feature ID835461[1]

Geography

Sweetwater is located at 41°02′40″N 99°00′27″W (41.0444553, -99.0075863).[2] Its Census code is 48165, census class: U6.[3]

History

The community was named for a spring noted by pioneers for its clean drinking water.[4] There was a railway station there.[5] The Sweetwater post office was established in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[6]

Appearance in Fiction

The fictional community of Sweet Water in Willa Cather's novel, A Lost Lady may be inspired by Sweetwater, Nebraska. Like Sweetwater, the fictional town is a railway stop between Omaha and Denver. Sweetwater is also the setting for the tv show The Young Riders.

Notes
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. U6 is defined in FIPS 55-3 as “An unincorporated place located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or census designated place (CDP) and designated as a populated place by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).”
  4. Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. (1960). Nebraska Place-Names. University of Nebraska Press. p. 27. ISBN 0803250606.
  5. Houser, Mona J. (2003) "Towns and Post Offices, Past and Present - Buffalo County, Nebraska" Buffalo County NE, GenWeb Project
  6. "Buffalo County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

Further reading
  • Perkey, Elton A. (1995) Perkey's Nebraska Place-Names (rev. ed.) Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska, p20, ISBN 0-934904-19-7
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