Editing Sweet Water, Alabama

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Sweet Water, Alabama
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| image_skyline      = Downtown Sweet Water Marengo County Alabama.JPG
| imagesize          = 280px
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| image_seal         = 
| image_map          = File:Marengo County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sweet Water Highlighted 0174304.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location in Marengo County, Alabama
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| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[Alabama]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo]]
| government_type    = Mayor-Council
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Chad Brousard]]
| established_date   = 
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web|title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 11, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.35
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.35
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| elevation_ft       = 184
| elevation_m        = 
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0174304&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Sweet Water town, Alabama: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 11, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total   = 228
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = 
| population_density_sq_mi = 96.90
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| coordinates        = {{coord|32.09737|-87.86751|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 36782
| area_code          = [[Area code 334|334]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 01-74304
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0153626
| footnotes          = 
| website            = {{URL|townofsweetwater.com}}
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
}}
[[File:William Lee McNider House 1936 Marengo County Alabama.JPG|thumb|[[Colonial Revival]]-style house on Main Street]]
'''Sweet Water''' is a town in [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]], [[Alabama]], United States. It was founded during the 1840s and named for Sweet Water Creek, which runs through a section of the community.<ref name="marengoher1">{{cite book|author=Marengo County Heritage Book Committee|title=The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama|year=2000|publisher=Heritage Publishing Consultants|location=Clanton, Alabama|isbn=9781891647581|pages=12–13}}</ref> The population was 228 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 258 at the 2010 census.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Elko cotton field 4.JPG|thumb|Panoramic view of one of many cotton fields surrounding the town and nearby areas]]
Sweet Water is located in southern Marengo County at {{coord|32.09737|-87.86751|display=inline,title}} and has an elevation of {{convert|184|ft|m|0}}.<ref>{{Gnis|153626|Sweet Water}}</ref> It is {{convert|20|mi}} by road south of [[Linden, Alabama|Linden]], the [[county seat]]. [[Alabama State Route 10]] passes through the town, leading southeast {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Pine Hill, Alabama|Pine Hill]] and west {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Butler, Alabama|Butler]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the town of Sweet Water has a total area of {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}}, all of it recorded as land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Sweet Water Creek forms the southern border of the town and flows southwest to Horse Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the [[Tombigbee River]].

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 258 people, 94 households, and 72 families residing in the town. There were 111 housing units, of which 94 were occupied. The racial makeup of the town was 91.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 7.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], and 1.2% from some [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. 1.2% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name=census/>

There were 94 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.4% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.22.<ref name=census/>

The population was spread out, with 70.9% 18 years and over, 68.2% 21 years and over, 20.5% 62 years and over, and 19.4% who were 65 years and over. The median age was 39 years.<ref name=census/>

==Education==
The town is home to [[Sweet Water High School]], part of the Marengo County Public School System. The current school was founded during the early 1870s.<ref name="marengoher2">{{cite book |author=Marengo County Heritage Book Committee |title=The Heritage of Marengo County, Alabama |publisher=Heritage Publishing Consultants |year=2000 |isbn=9781891647581 |location=Clanton, Alabama |pages=30–31}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[Alabama State Route 10]]
[[File:Lewis-Sheffield House 1910 Marengo County Alabama.JPG|thumb|The Lewis-Sheffield House (1910) on Main Street]]

==Notable people==
{{US Census population
|1970= 265
|1980= 253
|1990= 243
|2000= 234
|2010= 258
|2020= 228
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref>
}}
* [[David Beverly]], former [[American football]] [[punter (football position)|punter]] for the [[Houston Oilers]] and [[Green Bay Packers]]
* [[Bob Harrington (preacher)|Bob Harrington]], evangelist known as the "Chaplain of Bourbon Street"<ref>{{cite web |title='Chaplain of Bourbon Street' dies at 89 |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/chaplain-of-bourbon-street-dies-at-89/ |website=Baptist Press |access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref>
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* [[Ced Landrum]], former outfielder for the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[New York Mets]].
* Sandy Atkins, [[Troy University]] Senior Woman Administrator and 2016 Hall of Fame inductee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://troytrojans.com/staff-directory/sandy-atkins/95|title=Sandy Atkins - Troy Athletics|publisher=troytrojans.com|accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://troytrojans.com/honors/hall-of-fame/sandy-atkins/37|title=Sandy Atkins (2016) - Hall of Fame - Troy University Athletics|publisher=troytrojans.com|accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref> ...end comment-->

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[[Category:Towns in Marengo County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Towns in Alabama]]