Sweetwater, Texas

Sweetwater
Country	United States
State	Texas
Flag of Sweetwater, Texas
Designer	Trey Jimenez
Adopted	2018
Score in 2022 NAVA survey	6.62/10 (52nd of 312)
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Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States.

Description

The flag of Sweetwater is a white background with a red bar on the bottom. On the top of the bar, is a red star and wavy line.

Symbolism

The horizontal bar at the bottom half of the flag is a representation of the general beginning of Sweetwater’s prosperity when the tracks of The Texas and Pacific Railway reached Sweetwater in 1881. The single star at the top of the flag represents the idea of the popular sovereignty. When put into words it means that the local government is governed by the will of the people of Sweetwater. The star shows as well that the people of Sweetwater are united as one and are undivided when confronting the issues that face the City. The curved line beneath the singular star represents the snake, which annually generates revenue and prosperity for the City of Sweetwater since the founding of the Rattlesnake Roundup in 1958.