Do you know of Sandy Hill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sandy Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Sandy Hill.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Sandy Hill, so we are uncertain whether Sandy Hill is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Sandy Hill would be found somewhere in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Communities Also Named Sandy Hill ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Sandy Hill.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Sandy Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sandy Hill [Fayette County].
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sandy Hill [Perry County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Coffee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sandy Hill [Coffee County].
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sandy Hill [Wilkes County].
- Louisiana
- Vernon Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Sandy Hill [Vernon Parish].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sandy Hill [Howard County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Sandy Hill [Hampden County].
- New York
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sandy Hill [Washington County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Sandy Hill.
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sandy Hill [Brunswick County].
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sandy Hill [Delaware County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Sandy Hill.
- Texas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sandy Hill [Washington County].
More Orphans in Montgomery County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Montgomery County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sandy Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |