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Welcome to Saum ...

Saum is located in Beltrami County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saum, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Saum is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Saum lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Saum: 218

Communities near Saum ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saum ...

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

Adding Saum to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saum 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 for Saum was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saum post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saum.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Beltrami, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saum - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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