Sweet Water Alabama Map

About Sweet Water, Alabama

Sweet Water is a locality in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 228. The population density is 37.4 people per km². Sweet Water is located at 32.0974°N, 87.8675°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sweet Water is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 36782.

Sweet Water occupies a quiet corner of the Alabama landscape where the dark, mineral-rich soil supports a dense canopy of longleaf pine and bottomland hardwood. It lies 53.9 miles west-southwest of Selma, AL (from Selma, AL: bearing 247°T), and is situated 14.9 miles north-northwest of Thomasville. Sweetwater Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid air that settles over the red-clay back roads. To the east, the horizon is anchored by the faint, blue-gray silhouette of Chatman Ridge, a silent sentinel watching over the scattered woodlands and open fields. Lewis Pond remains a still, glassy eye in the nearby woods, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of modern industry, while the light at dusk turns the pine needles into a shimmering, metallic copper that seems to suspend the world in a momentary, amber glow.

History in Sweet Water is written in the slow transition from agrarian tradition to the measured demands of the modern timber and regional agricultural economy. Families here have long cultivated the land for pecans and peaches, their lives tethered to the seasonal cycles that dictate the rhythm of the local markets and the maintenance of the family plots. Ten miles away, the State-owned Submerged Lands preserve a portion of the wilder, marshy interior, offering a sanctuary for species that thrive in the deep, shaded thickets of the Alabama interior. Life in Sweet Water persists with a dignified, understated tenacity, defined by the quiet labor of those who know the temperament of the soil and the way the afternoon heat bends the tall grass toward the creek bank.

About This Sweet Water Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sweet Water, Alabama. Coordinates: 32.097371, -87.86751. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Sweet Water includes the ZIP code (36782), telephone area code (334), county seat of Marengo County (Linden), and school district assignment (Marengo County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.