| Official Name: | Swiftwater, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Swiftwater |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Washington |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 37 |
| Elevation Ft: | 121 |
| Coordinates: | 33.3375°N -91.0597°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38701 |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 692252 |
Swiftwater is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.
Swiftwater began as Swiftwater Cotton Plantation, founded by Alexander Barckly Montgomery, who built a mansion there in either 1850[1] or 1845. Montgomery sold the plantation to Col. Ed Richardson, the world's largest cotton plantation owner in the 1870s and 1880s, and owner of plantations across the South.[2]
Swiftwater was a stop on the now-abandoned Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad,[3] completed in the 1880s.[4]
Located on the rail platform was the Swiftwater Store, owned by the E.E. Richardson Company. The store was still in operation in 1910.[2] [4]
Swiftwater was never incorporated, but had a post office from 1886 to 1932.[4]
Pete Shields, a professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians, was born in Swiftwater.[5]