Welcome to Sand Draw ...

Sand Draw is located in Fremont County<1>.

The location of Sand Draw has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Draw, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1949.

Sand Draw is 5,960 feet [1,817 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Sand Draw is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Sand Draw lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Sand Draw: (307)

Communities near Sand Draw ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Sand Draw.

• Saint Stephens
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
  • Saint Stephens is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Stephens <4>
• Arapahoe
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapahoe
  • Arapahoe is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arapahoe <4>
• Riverton
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Riverton is located in Fremont County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverton <4>
• Hudson
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
  • Hudson is located in Fremont County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <4>
• Jeffrey City
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffrey City
  • Jeffrey City is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeffrey City <4>
• Lander
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
  • Lander is located in Fremont County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lander <4>
• Miners Delight ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miners Delight have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Delight
  • Miners Delight is located in Fremont County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sand Draw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sand Draw.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sand Draw. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Draw.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Draw. See our Newspapers Page for Sand Draw.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Draw ...

Looking for more information about Sand Draw? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sand Draw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sand Draw.

Adding Sand Draw to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sand Draw in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sand Draw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sand Draw post office opened in 1949.

We also found Sand Draw on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sand Draw.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sand Draw. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/