History: Sawyerville, Mt Olive Twp - 1 Jan 1998 - Macoupin County Illinois
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives ©1998 Gloria Frazier

History of Sawyerville

Sawyerville is located northwest of White City on Routes 138 and 4. It is located 
in Section 6 of Mt Olive Township. The post office was established 17 Sep 1906, 
disbanded 15 Jan 1910, reestablished 6 Sep 1910, disbanded 15 Dec 1914, and 
reestablished 21 Jun 1916.

The Village of Sawyerville was founded in 1905, a year after the Superior Coal 
Company sunk a mine known as Superior Coal #2 on the east edge of the village 
limits. Sawyerville was named after Thomas Sawyer who sold the land to 
Superior Coal. The village of Sawyerville was incorporated 12 Jun 1907.

In the 1930’s, Superior Coal #2 was operating with about 500 employees and the 
population of Sawyerville was about 400-500 citizens. There were four general 
stores in the village at the time.

(Excerpted from article, “Sawyerville Is Beauty Spot of Macoupin Cities”, 
Litchfield News-Herald, 28 May 1936.)

Sawyerville names of the 1930’s included in the article were, Barney Flaherty, 
Rudolph Stewart, Henry Moreacci, Mike Larick, Garland Mudd, Dan T Brevin, 
Theodore Schweppe, Jasper Wenzel, Glenn Cox, Miss Gertrude Siegel, Miss 
Virginia Schmutzler, Frank Kiss, Will Purdy, Mrs Fank Herman, Rev A A  
Russell, Matt Katelenich, George Rademacher, Mr Rosetti, John McCann, and 
Helen Corrigan.


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Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives ©1998 Gloria Frazier