Sweetwater, Tennessee Sweetwater, Tennessee Location of Sweetwater, Tennessee Location of Sweetwater, Tennessee State Tennessee Sweetwater is a town/city in Monroe and Mc - Minn counties in the U.S.
State of Tennessee, and the most crowded city in Monroe County.
The populace was 5,586 at the 2000 census and 5,764 at the 2010 census.
Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' biggest underground lake.
Sweetwater was established in the 1850s on a series of lots sold by Isaac Lenoir (1807 1875), a small-town politician and son of the founder of Lenoir City (located a several miles to the northeast in Loudon County).
Sweetwater is positioned at 35 36 9 N 84 28 1 W (35.602604, -84.466992). The town/city lies along Sweetwater Creek, which flows northeast for a several miles before emptying into the Watts Bar Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River.
The creek's drainage has created a lowland region known as Sweetwater Valley, which is surrounded by low hills.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.9 square miles (17.9 km ), all land.
Sweetwater is positioned in a valley amidst the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, and is surrounded by farmland. In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,323, and the median income for a family was $35,269.
About 11.5% of families and 16.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over.
In addition some light trade is positioned in Sweetwater, including a chemical factory, a hosiery mill, and a stove plant. A new Walmart Supercenter opened on September 11, 2013 and added 200 jobs to the Sweetwater area. Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School entrance sign Sweetwater City Schools operates enhance elementary and middle schools in the area.
Sweetwater High School is part of Monroe County Schools.
Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School was positioned in Sweetwater from 1989 to 2007. It was positioned in the former Tennessee Military Institute. United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Tennessee Meiji Gakuin School holds last graduation." Media related to Sweetwater, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons Municipalities and communities of Mc - Minn County, Tennessee, United States Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
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