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Welcome to Sawtelle ...

Sawtelle is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

Sawtelle was established in 1896.

Sawtelle is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sawtelle lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sawtelle: 310 & 424<3>

Communities near Sawtelle ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sawtelle.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sawtelle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sawtelle.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sawtelle. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sawtelle.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sawtelle. See our Newspapers Page for Sawtelle.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sawtelle ...

Looking for more information about Sawtelle? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sawtelle, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sawtelle.

Adding Sawtelle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sawtelle in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sawtelle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sawtelle post office opened in 1899.

We also found Sawtelle mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sawtelle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Los Angeles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sawtelle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 310 code has been Overlayed with the 424 area code. New phone numbers in the Sawtelle area will be assigned with one of these codes: 310 or 424. As a result, placing a call in the Sawtelle area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/