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Sawyer

Ghost town · Fillmore County, Nebraska

Geneva quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Geneva quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sawyer is a ghost town in Fillmore County, Nebraska, recorded as human settlement in Nebraska, United States of America. It is the only former community in Fillmore County recorded on the federal names register, out of 89 across Nebraska.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sawyer as a historical populated place on the Geneva topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.5945° N, 97.5225° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGeneva
Elevation1,625 ft
Nearest living townFairmont, NE
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1882232
Coordinates40.59445, -97.52255

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What's there now

Sawyer is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fairmont, NE (population 584), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,625 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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