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Sweetwater, Nebraska
Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska, located along Nebraska Highway 2 roughly halfway between Ravenna and Hazard. The community sits on Mud Creek, a tributary of the South Loup River, and carries ZIP code 68869 within the Kearney Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Sweetwater was named for a spring noted by pioneers for its clean drinking water. A post office operated in the community from 1874 to 1961, and Sweetwater once had its own railway station along the line that served the area.
Location & Geography
Sweetwater sits at roughly 2,060 feet elevation on Nebraska Highway 2 in Buffalo County's Beaver Township, between the towns of Ravenna and Hazard, with Mud Creek running through the area.
Today
Sweetwater is remembered today mostly as a rural place name and a piece of Nebraska literary and television history: the community is thought to have inspired the fictional town of Sweet Water in Willa Cather's novel A Lost Lady, and it also served as the setting for the television series The Young Riders. Area residents and visitors can find area businesses and services through the categories below or the full Buffalo County directory.
Sweetwater, Nebraska
Unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Buffalo County, on NE Highway 2 between Ravenna and Hazard. Post office operated 1874–1961.
Designation: Unincorporated Community