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Welcome to Sawyer ...

Sawyer is located in McCreary County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sawyer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Sawyer is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sawyer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Sawyer (for example, toward Jamestown), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Sawyer: 606

Communities Also Named Sawyer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Sawyer - they are located in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York (3), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sawyer.

Communities near Sawyer ...

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

  • Somerset
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Corbin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Williamsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ferguson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferguson is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
  • Burnside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Alpine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Alpine is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Mount Victory
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Victory
  • Wiborg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wiborg is located in McCreary County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
  • Sloans Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley

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 Sawyer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sawyer.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sawyer. 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 Sawyer.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sawyer ...

Looking for more information about Sawyer? 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 Sawyer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sawyer.

Adding Sawyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sawyer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sawyer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sawyer post office opened in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sawyer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including McCreary, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sawyer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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