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Welcome to Sayle ...

Sayle is located in Powder River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sayle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Sayle is 3,760 feet [1,146 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sayle is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Sayle lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sayle: 406

Communities near Sayle ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Sayle.

  • Otter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Sonnette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Epsie ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsie
    • Epsie is located in Powder River County
  • Birney
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Ashland
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sayle ...

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

Adding Sayle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sayle post office opened in 1917.

We also found Sayle on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sayle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Powder River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sayle - 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/