Sweetwater, Missouri

Unincorporated community in Missouri

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

[edit]

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]

## References

[edit]

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 November 22, 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.

* v
* t
* e

Municipalities and communities of Newton County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Neosho

Cities|

* Diamond
* Fairview
* Granby
* Joplin‡
* Neosho
* Seneca

Map of Missouri highlighting Newton County

Villages|

* Cliff Village
* Dennis Acres
* Grand Falls Plaza
* Leawood
* Loma Linda
* Newtonia
* Redings Mill
* Ritchey
* Saginaw
* Shoal Creek Drive
* Shoal Creek Estates
* Stark City
* Stella
* Wentworth

Townships|

* Benton
* Berwick
* Buffalo
* Dayton
* Five Mile
* Franklin
* Granby
* Marion
* Neosho
* Newtonia
* Seneca
* Shoal Creek
* Van Buren
* West Benton

Unincorporated
communities|

* Aroma
* Belfast
* Berwick
* Boulder City
* Christopher
* Gregg
* Hornet
* Jolly
* June
* McElhany
* Monark Springs
* Pepsin
* Racine
* Silver Creek
* Spring City
* Spurgeon
* Sweetwater
* Talmage City
* Tipton Ford
* Wanda

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

* Missouri portal
* United States portal

36°49′36″N 94°15′57″W﻿ / ﻿36.82667°N 94.26583°W﻿ / 36.82667; -94.26583

This Newton County, Missouri state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template