Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Services in Sweet Home, OR

Sweet Home is a city in Linn County, Oregon, called the 'Gateway to the Santiam Playground' for its proximity to nearby lakes, rivers, and the Cascade Mountains.

Settlers first arrived in the Sweet Home Valley in the early 1850s, and in 1874 two communities, Buckhead near the mouth of Ames Creek and Mossville to the east, merged to become Sweet Home, which was incorporated in 1893.

Buckhead was named after a saloon that featured a set of elk antlers on the gable end of its building.

The 2020 census counted 9,828 people in Sweet Home, living in 3,807 households, with 4,037 housing units in the city.

The Santiam Wagon Road, a toll road connecting the Willamette Valley with central Oregon, opened in 1865 and ran from the Sweet Home Valley across Santiam Pass to Camp Polk near Sisters; U.S. Route 20 was later constructed across much of the same route.

Sweet Home grew significantly in the 1940s on demand for timber from local forests, and again when construction began on nearby Green Peter Dam in 1962 and Foster Dam in 1966.

Foster Lake lies on the eastern edge of Sweet Home, and the South Santiam River flows from Foster Reservoir along the northern city limits, with Ames Creek and Wiley Creek flowing into it within the city.

Sweet Home is built on a prehistoric petrified forest, and the area also holds agate, jasper, and other crystals and minerals.

The Weddle Covered Bridge, relocated from Thomas Creek near Scio, crosses Ames Creek at Sankey Park in Sweet Home, and the Crawfordsville Covered Bridge spans the Calapooia River about 8 miles southwest of town.

The 2018 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was acquired by the Sweet Home Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest, which is headquartered in the town.