Sawyers, California

Sawyers is a former settlement in Mendocino County, California.[1] It was located 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Hearst.[1]

A post office operated at Sawyers from 1898 to 1903.[1] The name honored Marvin L. Sawyer, its first postmaster.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 75. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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