Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Sandy Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Sandy Lake in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sandy Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Sandy Lake data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sandy Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Sandy Lake is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Sandy Lake in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Sandy Lake for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Sandy Lake. See our Misc Page for Sandy Lake for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Sandy Lake:

Sandy Lake was mentioned in the following schedule:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)