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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Sawyer (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Sawyer. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Sawyer is located in Pratt County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pratt County: Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kingman, Kiowa, Reno & Stafford.

Below are the counties that are near Sawyer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sawyer:

  • Pratt County     (The home county of Sawyer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Coats
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
      • Coats is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Pratt
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cairo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
      • Cairo is located in Pratt County
    • Cullison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
      • Cullison is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Iuka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iuka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Preston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
    • Byers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33 people
  • Barber County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Elm Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
      • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
    • Isabel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
      • Isabel is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Forest City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
      • Forest City is located in Barber County
    • Lake City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Barber County
    • Medicine Lodge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sun City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
      • Sun City is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <2>
    • Pixley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pixley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
      • Pixley is located in Barber County
    • Sharon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Barber County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
      • Former name for Sharon:
      • Bible Valley
  • Harper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Attica
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Attica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
      • Attica is located in Harper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <2>
    • Crisfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisfield
      • Crisfield is located in Harper County
  • Kingman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Nashville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
      • Nashville is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
    • Cunningham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
    • Willowdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
      • Willowdale is located in Kingman County
    • Zenda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zenda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
      • Zenda is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zenda <2>
    • Penalosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
      • Penalosa is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Spivey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spivey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
      • Spivey is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Kiowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Wellsford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsford
      • Wellsford is located in Kiowa County
    • Belvidere
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Belvidere is located in Kiowa County
    • Haviland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haviland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
      • Haviland is located in Kiowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haviland <2>
    • Brenham ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brenham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenham
      • Brenham is located in Kiowa County
  • Reno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Turon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
      • Turon is located in Reno County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
      • Former name for Turon:
      • Pioneer City
    • Jordan Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
      • Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
    • Lerado
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lerado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
      • Lerado is located in Reno County
  • Stafford County
    • Neola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
      • Neola is located in Stafford County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sawyer, see our County-by-County Page for Sawyer.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sawyer ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sawyer.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sawyer. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sawyer and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sawyer.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Sawyer.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Sawyer:

Cemeteries Near Sawyer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sawyer.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sawyer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.

  • Ellenwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellenwood Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Ruddick Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ruddick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruddick Cemetery
  • Isabel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saratoga Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saratoga Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saratoga Cemetery
  • Coats Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coats Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coats Cemetery
  • Green lawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green lawn Cemetery
  • Cairo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cairo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cairo Cemetery
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
  • East Slope Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Slope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Slope Cemetery
  • Chinn Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chinn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chinn Cemetery
  • John Jesse Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Mumford Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mumford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mumford Cemetery
    • Sunnyside Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Cemetery
    • Liberty Twp. Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Twp. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Twp. Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sawyer had a population of 158 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sawyer had a population of 129 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.

  • Elm Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
    • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
  • Isabel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isabel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
    • Isabel is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Coats
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coats have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Coats is located in Pratt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Pratt
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lake City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Lake City is located in Barber County
  • Mingona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mingona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
    • Mingona is located in Barber County
  • Cairo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Pratt County
  • Nashville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nashville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
    • Nashville is located in Kingman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Natrona
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natrona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
    • Natrona is located in Pratt County
  • Springvale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
    • Springvale is located in Pratt County
    • Springvale has also been known as:
    • Springdale
  • Sun City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Sun City is located in Barber County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <2>
  • Medicine Lodge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cullison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
      • Cullison is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • Iuka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iuka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
      • Iuka is located in Pratt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Cunningham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cunningham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
      • Cunningham is located in Kingman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sawyer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sawyer.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sawyer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pratt County: www.prattcounty.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sawyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sawyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4978, Longitude: -98.6822       In this case, the coordinates for Sawyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sawyer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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