Welcome to Vawter ...

Vawter is located in Morrison County<1>.

The location of Vawter has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vawter, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

Vawter is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Vawter: (320)

Communities Also Named Vawter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Vawter - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Vawter ...

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

• Little Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
  • Little Falls is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Falls <4>
• Rice
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
  • Rice is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,401 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rice <4>
• Pierz
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierz
  • Pierz is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierz <4>
• Royalton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
  • Royalton is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royalton <4>
• Saint Stephen
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Stephen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephen
  • Saint Stephen is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 867 people
• Holdingford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holdingford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holdingford
  • Holdingford is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holdingford <4>
• Randall
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Randall is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randall <4>
• Upsala
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsala
  • Upsala is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upsala <4>
• Swanville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville
  • Swanville is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swanville <4>
• Bowlus
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlus
  • Bowlus is located in Morrison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowlus <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vawter ...

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

Adding Vawter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vawter 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 Vawter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vawter post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vawter.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Morrison County: www.co.morrison.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/