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Welcome to Sawyerdale ...

Sawyerdale is located in Orangeburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sawyerdale, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Sawyerdale is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sawyerdale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sawyerdale: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Sawyerdale ...

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

  • Williston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Denmark
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Blackville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Gaston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
    • Gaston is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <4>
  • Swansea
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wagener
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pelion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • North
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
    • North is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <4>
  • Springfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Salley
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Sawyerdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sawyerdale.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sawyerdale ...

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

Adding Sawyerdale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sawyerdale post office opened in 1880.

We also found Sawyerdale in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sawyerdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Orangeburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sawyerdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Sawyerdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Sawyerdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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