Do you know of Sand Mountain ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sand Mountain. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sand Mountain.<1>

Our sources for Sand Mountain (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sand Mountain other than they indicate that Sand Mountain would be found somewhere in DeKalb County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1901.

Communities Also Named Sand Mountain ...

We found two communities that share the name Sand Mountain.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Sand Mountain.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Sand Mountain in the United States.

• Communities Located In Alabama ...
  • Bibb County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sand Mountain [Bibb County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Tennessee
    • Hardin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sand Mountain [Hardin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sand Mountain ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sand Mountain:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sand Mountain - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  DeKalb County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in DeKalb County.