Sweatman is an
unincorporated community in
Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
Australia
* The former name of Montgomery Land District, Tasmania
United Kingdom
* The historic county of Montgomeryshire, Wales, also called County of Montgomery
United States
* Montgomery County, Alabama
* Mon ...
,
Mississippi, United States. Sweatman is west of
Alva and east of
Duck Hill south of
Mississippi Highway 404
Mississippi () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; a ...
.
In 1900, Sweatman had a population of 22. A post office operated under the name Sweatman from 1880 to 1959.
The Sweatman
soil series is named for the community.
Notable person
*
Frank Purnell
Franklin Deland Purnell (April 5, 1933 – April 19, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a prof ...
, former NFL player and head football coach of
Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University (Alcorn State, ASU or Alcorn) is a public historically black land-grant university adjacent to Lorman, Mississippi. It was founded in 1871 and was the first black land grant college established in the United States.
O ...
from 1960 to 1963
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
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