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Welcome to Sandown ...

Sandown is located in Denver County<1>.

Sandown is 5,270 feet [1,606 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sandown is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Sandown: 303, 720 & 983<3>

Communities Also Named Sandown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sandown - they are located in New Hampshire, North Dakota and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandown.

Communities near Sandown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sandown.

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 Sandown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sandown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sandown. 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 Sandown.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sandown ...

Looking for more information about Sandown? 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 Sandown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sandown.

Adding Sandown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sandown 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 (so far) for Sandown was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sandown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Denver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sandown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 303 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 720 or 983. New phone numbers in the Sandown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 303, 720 or 983. As a result, placing a call in the Sandown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.