Sweetwater, Nebraska
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Geography
Sweetwater is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (41.0444553, -99.0075863).[1] Its Census code is 48165, census class: U6.[2]
History
The community was named for a spring noted by pioneers for its clean drinking water.[3] There was a railway station there.[4] The Sweetwater post office was established in 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[5]
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
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- ↑ 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).”
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- ↑ Houser, Mona J. (2003) "Towns and Post Offices, Past and Present - Buffalo County, Nebraska" Buffalo County NE, GenWeb Project
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Further reading
- Perkey, Elton A. (1995) Perkey's Nebraska Place-Names (rev. ed.) Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska, p20, Template:ISBN
External links
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) from the USGS, search for "Sweetwater, Nebraska"
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