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Welcome to Sawyer ...

Sawyer is located in Cibola County<1>.

Sawyer is 7,940 feet [2,420 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sawyer is 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Sawyer, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Code for Sawyer: 505

Communities Also Named Sawyer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Sawyer: This one is located in Cibola County and the other is located in Valencia County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 18 communities that are also named Sawyer - they are located in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, 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.

  • Ramah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pinehill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Thoreau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continental Divide
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Prewitt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Milan
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • San Rafael
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
  • Grants
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Grants is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
    • Former name for Grants:
    • Grants Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <3>
  • Smith Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Fort Wingate
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sawyer ...

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

Footnotes ...

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