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Welcome to Sand Spur ...

Sand Spur is located in Grant Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Spur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Sand Spur is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sand Spur: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Sand Spur ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sand Spur - they are located in Colorado, Idaho and Illinois.

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

Communities near Sand Spur ...

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

  • Alexandria
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pineville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ball
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <4>
  • Jena
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <4>
  • Colfax
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Boyce
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Pollock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dry Prong
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tullos
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Spur ...

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

Adding Sand Spur to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sand Spur 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 Spur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Sand Spur post office opened in 1900. The Sand Spur post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Spur - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Sand Spur area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Sand Spur 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.
<5>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/