Sawyer is a

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in the town of

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, Orleans County,

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, United States. It is named after

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, a

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from New York. The settlement was previously named "Curtis's Corners" after John Curtis, a native of

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, who settled on lot 1, section 5 at

in Orleans County. In 1894 the hamlet contained a store, post office, and blacksmith shop.

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