# Sayers, Texas

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'''Sayers''' is a small [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Bexar County](/source/Bexar_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States.<ref name="gnis"/> It is part of the [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio%2C_Texas) [Metropolitan Statistical Area](/source/San_Antonio_metropolitan_area).

==History==
Sayers was established after the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). A post office was established in Sayers in 1885. Fifty people were living in Sayers in 1896, while there were two general stores and a church. The [Adkins](/source/Adkins%2C_Texas) post office was moved to Sayers, and the postal area was named Adkins. It lost half of its population in 1940 and had three businesses, which all closed after [World War II](/source/World_War_II).<ref name="Handbook">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/sayers-tx|title=Sayers, TX|last=Long|first=Christopher|access-date=2022-08-09|website=tshaonline.org}}</ref> The community now has several churches, restaurants, a small grocery store, a [gas station](/source/Fueling_station), and a cemetery.<ref name="Texas Escapes">{{cite web | url = http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasTowns/Sayers-Texas.htm | title = Sayers, Texas | work = | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date =  | accessdate = 2022-08-09}}</ref>

==Geography==
Sayers is located at the intersection of [U.S. Route 87](/source/U.S._Route_87_in_Texas) and [FM 1628](/source/Farm_to_Market_Road_1628), {{convert|13|mi|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Downtown [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio) in eastern Bexar County.<ref name="Handbook"/>

==Education==
Sayers had its own school in 1896.<ref name="Handbook"/> Today, the community is served by the [East Central Independent School District](/source/East_Central_Independent_School_District). Salem-Sayers Baptist School also serves the community.

==In popular culture==
The film [Sugarland Express](/source/Sugarland_Express), which is based on the true story of Sayers residents, was filmed in and around Sayers.

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{{Greater San Antonio}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bexar County, Texas
Category:Greater San Antonio
Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas

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