Sweetwater, Tennessee

Sweetwater, Tennessee
Sweetwater, Tennessee
City
	Downtown area, September 2016
	Location of Sweetwater in Monroe County and Mcminn County, Tennessee.
	Coordinates: 35°36′10″N 84°28′18″W / 35.60278°N 84.47167°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Counties	Monroe and McMinn
Established	1850s
Incorporated	1875
Area
• Total	8.85 sq mi (22.92 km2)
• Land	8.84 sq mi (22.89 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	1,011 ft (308 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	6,312
• Density	714.27/sq mi (275.79/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37874
Area code	423
FIPS code	47-72540
GNIS feature ID	2405553
Website	www.sweetwatertn.net

Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,312.^[4] Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground lake. In 2022, TravelMag named Sweetwater one of Tennessee’s Ten Most Charming Cities.^[6]

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^ Joseph, Paul (June 20, 2022). "The Most Charming Towns and Small Cities in Tennessee". TravelMag. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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[TigerWebMapServer-2] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.

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[GR2-5] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[6] Joseph, Paul (June 20, 2022). "The Most Charming Towns and Small Cities in Tennessee". TravelMag. Retrieved September 15, 2023.

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