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Welcome to Sand Springs ...

Sand Springs is located in Rockcastle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Sand Springs: Sand Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sand Spngs. or Sand Sprngs.)

Sand Springs is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Sand Springs (for example, toward Columbia), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Sand Springs: 606

Communities Also Named Sand Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Sand Springs: This one is located in Rockcastle County and the other is located in Jackson County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 12 communities that are also named Sand Springs - they are located in Arizona (2), Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Sand Springs ...

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

  • Berea
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Somerset
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • London
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Brodhead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Crab Orchard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Science Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Eubank
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Livingston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Springs ...

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

Adding Sand Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sand Springs post office opened in 1925. The Sand Springs post office closed in 1963.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Rockcastle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Springs - 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/