Sawyer began as a small railroad town named Miah in 1902, renamed the following year to honor Charles Sawyer, an attorney for the Dawes Commission. Located on the Kiamichi River at Hugo Lake, the town got a boost from the Hugo Dam project in the late 1960s and officially incorporated in 1996. If you're searching for a real estate broker in Sawyer, Oklahoma - to buy, sell, or list your home or land for sale - I'd love to help.