Sweetwater is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Beaver Township

Beaver Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska

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, Buffalo County

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-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 42,259 people, 15,930 households, and 10,227 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 16,830 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...

, Nebraska

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, United States

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. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2

Nebraska Highway 2

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, half way between Ravenna

Ravenna, Nebraska

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 and Hazard

Hazard, Nebraska

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. It is a part of the Kearney, Nebraska

Kearney, Nebraska

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 Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sweetwater is located on Mud Creek, a tributary of the South Loup River

Loup River

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.

Geography

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

History

The community was named for springs that fed Mud Creek. There was a railway station there and a Post Office opened in 1874.

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

External links

• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) from the USGS, search for "Sweetwater, Nebraska"