Sawyer, Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Sawyer is an unincorporated community
in Atkinson Township, Carlton County
, Minnesota
, United States
.
The community is located between Carlton
and Cromwell
on Minnesota State Highway 210
. Sawyer is located within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
. It serves as one of three administrative centers of the reservation.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Atkinson Township, Carlton County
Carlton County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 31,671 people, 12,064 households, and 8,408 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 13,721 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The community is located between Carlton
Carlton, Minnesota
Carlton is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 862 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Carlton County.Minnesota State Highways 45 and 210; and County Roads 1 and 3 are four of the main routes in the community....
and Cromwell
Cromwell, Minnesota
Cromwell is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census.Minnesota State Highways 73 and 210 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.-Geography:...
on Minnesota State Highway 210
Minnesota State Highway 210
Minnesota State Highway 210 is a highway in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota, which runs from North Dakota Highway 210 at the North Dakota state line , and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Duluth near the Saint Louis River.The route...
. Sawyer is located within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota near Cloquet in Carlton and St. Louis counties, with off-reservation holdings in Douglas County in Wisconsin...
. It serves as one of three administrative centers of the reservation.
Further reading
- Rand McNally Road Atlas - 2007 edition - Minnesota entry
- Official State of Minnesota Highway Map - 2007/2008 edition
- Minnesota DOT map of Carlton County (2006)