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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Sawyer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sawyer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sawyer, please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Sawyer is historic, it would have been located within present day Fillmore County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fillmore County: Clay, Hamilton, Jefferson, Nuckolls, Saline, Seward, Thayer & York.

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:

  • Fillmore County     (The home county of Sawyer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Fairmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Exeter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milligan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grafton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Strang
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ohiowa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bixby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bixby is located in Fillmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
    • Shickley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Sutton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ong
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Saronville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Verona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Verona is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Edgar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clay Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Harvard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Stockham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Stockham is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Hampton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Daykin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Powell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Powell is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Nuckolls County
    • Sedan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sedan is located in Nuckolls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Saline County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Friend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tobias
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Western
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Swanton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crete
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Wilber
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Seward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Cordova
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaver Crossing
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Goehner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Utica
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tamora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tamora is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamora
    • Milford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Camden ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Camden is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Grover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Grover is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
    • Ruby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruby is located in Seward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Thayer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • Bruning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Carleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Belvidere
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Davenport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alexandria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hebron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sawyer, with the one closest to Sawyer listed first.
    • McCool Junction
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lushton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lushton is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • York
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Henderson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Waco
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bradshaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Thayer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Thayer is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Benedict
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Gresham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sawyer - one of the links might be able to help.

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.

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.

Sawyer itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Burress
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Burress is located in Fillmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burress
  • Fairmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Exeter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Geneva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Milligan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Grafton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • McCool Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Martland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Martland is located in Fillmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martland
  • Strang
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Ohiowa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Friend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Lushton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lushton is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lushton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Tobias
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Shickley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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.

Newspapers Published in 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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sawyer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sawyer, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sawyer.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sawyer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.