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Welcome to Sand Hill ...

Sand Hill is located in Lewis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

Sand Hill is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sand Hill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sand Hill: 606

Communities Also Named Sand Hill ...

While we believe that this Sand Hill is located in Lewis County, we know of another 3 Kentucky communities named Sand Hill. Those communities are located in the following counties: Estill, Harlan and Warren County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 42 communities that are also named Sand Hill - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (5), Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Brunswick, New York (4), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Sand Hill ...

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

  • Maysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • West Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Flemingsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ripley is located in Brown County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,696 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Aberdeen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Vanceburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Winchester
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Seaman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Seaman is located in Adams County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 886 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaman <3>
  • Washington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Washington is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Russellville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Russellville is located in Brown County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 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 Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sand Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Hill ...

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

Adding Sand Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sand Hill 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 Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Sand Hill post office opened in 1864. The Sand Hill post office closed in 1875.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Hill - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/