Sweetwater Tennessee Map

About Sweetwater, Tennessee

Sweetwater is a locality in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,532. The population density is 278.0 people per km². Sweetwater is located at 35.6015°N, 84.4610°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 37874.

Sweetwater lies in a gentle fold of eastern Tennessee's landscape, where the rolling foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains begin to soften their ascent. It lies 17.2 miles south-south-east of Roane, TN (from Roane, TN: bearing 160°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-east of Johnson. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a perfume that clings to the broad, sun-drenched fields and the shadowed edges of the hardwood forests. Creeks, true to the town’s name, meander through the terrain, their waters cool and clear, reflecting the wide, often impossibly blue sky that stretches over Sweetwater. The land itself feels ancient and yielding, a place where the contours of the earth speak of slow, patient weathering, and where the very light seems to linger a moment longer before succumbing to the evening’s embrace. This corner of Monroe County has long been tied to the bounty of the land, its history etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent cycle of planting and harvest. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and abundant water, found a place to put down roots, and the agricultural spirit of Sweetwater has endured, with farms still dotting the landscape, their fields a patchwork of green and gold throughout the growing seasons. Though industry has ebbed and flowed, leaving behind echoes in the quiet hum of machinery that can sometimes be heard from the edges of town, the heart of Sweetwater remains connected to the earth. The town carries a quiet pride, a sense of enduring presence that feels as natural and unforced as the slow, steady flow of its namesake waters, a place where the past whispers in the rustling leaves and the present unfolds with a steady, unhurried breath.

About This Sweetwater Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Sweetwater, Tennessee with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Sweetwater and Monroe County.

Detailed location data for Sweetwater includes the ZIP code (38462), telephone area code (901, 865), county seat of Monroe County (Madisonville), and school district assignment (Sweetwater City School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Sweetwater is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.