Welcome to Sands ...
So far, we found very little information about Sands. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sands to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sands - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sands, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Sands , we believe that it would have been located within present day Saint Louis County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sands, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Time Zone: The area where Sands was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Sands ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Sands - they are located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois (2), Maryland, Michigan (2), New Mexico and North Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sands.
Adding Sands to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Sands in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sands was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sands.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Louis County: www.co.st-louis.mo.us/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Saint Louis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |