The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSawpit is a statutory town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 38 at the 2020 census, making Sawpit the fifth least populous incorporated town in the state of Colorado. The Telluride Post Office (ZIP Code 81435) serves Sawpit.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 40 to 38 (-5%).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sawpit yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sawpit’s history is told.
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Sawpit, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Sawpit is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sawpit has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Telluride Historic District in Telluride, 11.1 miles away.
Sawpit and the nearest listed places
Closest to Sawpit
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.