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Welcome to East Sandy ...

East Sandy is located in Venango County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Sandy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for East Sandy: E. Sandy

East Sandy is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near East Sandy ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Sandy.

  • Oil City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugarcreek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
  • Knox
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Knox is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knox <3>
  • Cochranton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Stoneboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Harrisville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Parker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Polk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Polk is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
  • Sandy Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Sandy ...

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

Adding East Sandy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Sandy post office opened in 1837. The East Sandy post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Sandy.

Footnotes ...

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