Sweet Home

History

Most of the geographical history of Sweet Home and the surrounding areas was farms and fields. After bauxite mining between the 1940s through 1960s many blue holes were formed in the Sweet Home Area. Sweet Home was the site of the Arkansas Confederate Soldiers' Home from 1890 to 1955, but the home was moved to the grounds of the Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Little Rock from 1955 to 1963. The Hanger Cotton Gin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (2.72%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,814
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,666
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  9,234
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  8,382
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  7,577
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,573
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  7,159
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,960

Most recent

• M 2.88 — 2025-01-03
  11 km E of Pangburn, Arkansas
• M 2.93 — 2021-11-18
  3 km SW of Prattsville, Arkansas
• M 2.78 — 2021-01-23
  4 km NNW of Greenbrier, Arkansas
• M 2.57 — 2017-01-12
  9 km E of Leola, Arkansas
• M 2.62 — 2015-11-06
  7 km NNW of Searcy, Arkansas
• M 2.53 — 2015-09-12
  6 km WNW of Twin Groves, Arkansas