Sweetwater, Missouri

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Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes H and HH approximately five miles southeast of Neosho. Aroma is 2.5 miles north and Boulder City lies two miles southeast on Route H. [2]

History

A post office called Sweetwater was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1907. [3] The community was named after nearby Sweetwater Branch creek. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweetwater, Missouri
  2. ↑ Neosho East, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1972 (1984 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Newton County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°49′36″N94°15′57″W / 36.82667°N 94.26583°W / 36.82667; -94.26583



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