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Welcome to Sand Spring ...

Sand Spring is located in Dickinson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sand Spring: Sand Spg. (or less commonly used: Sand Spng. or Sand Sprng.)

Sand Spring is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sand Spring lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sand Spring: 785

Communities Also Named Sand Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sand Spring - they are located in Alabama, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Sand Spring ...

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

  • Salina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Abilene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chapman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Solomon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Enterprise
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bennington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Gypsum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hope is located in Dickinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <3>
  • Woodbine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • New Cambria
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • New Cambria is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Spring ...

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

Adding Sand Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sand Spring 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 Sand Spring was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Dickinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.