Welcome to Sawyer ...

Sawyer is located in Yakima County<1>.

The location of Sawyer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

Sawyer is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Sawyer lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Sawyer is within the boundaries of the (509) area code.

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, Nebraska, New Mexico (2), New York (3), North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma 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.

• Yakima
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakima
  • Yakima is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yakima <4>
• Sunnyside
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Sunnyside is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,924 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyside <4>
• Toppenish
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppenish
  • Toppenish is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toppenish <4>
• Selah
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selah
  • Selah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selah <4>
• Union Gap
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Gap
  • Union Gap is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Gap <4>
• Moxee
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee
  • Moxee is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moxee <4>
• Granger
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Granger is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <4>
• Zillah
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zillah
  • Zillah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zillah <4>
• Harrah
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrah
  • Harrah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrah <4>
• Parker
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
  • Parker is located in Yakima County

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.

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.

Adding Sawyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sawyer 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 Sawyer was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

We also found Sawyer mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sawyer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sawyer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yakima County: www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/