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Welcome to Sawyer ...

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.

Sawyer would have been located within present day Fillmore County<2>.


The location of Sawyer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sawyer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sawyer is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Sawyer was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Sawyer would have been located in the (402) & (531)<5> area codes.

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, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 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.

  • York
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Geneva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Henderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Friend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Fairmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Exeter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Exeter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
    • Exeter is located in Fillmore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exeter <6>
  • McCool Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Beaver Crossing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shickley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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.

Adding Sawyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sawyer in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sawyer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Sawyer post office opened in 1888.

We also found Sawyer on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sawyer.

The official website for Fillmore County: www.fillmorecounty.org/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Fillmore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sawyer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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