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Welcome to Sand ...

Sand is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Sand is located in Dawson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand, you might consider that their post office opened in 1935.

Sand is 3,020 feet [920 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sand is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Sand (for example, toward Hobbs (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Sand: 806

Communities near Sand ...

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

  • Lamesa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lamesa is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamesa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,131 people
    • Lamesa has also been known as:
    • La Mesa
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamesa <3>
  • Los Ybanez
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Los Ybanez is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ybanez
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
  • White City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • White City is located in Gaines County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • Welch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Loop
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sparenberg
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparenberg is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparenberg
  • O'Donnell
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • O'Donnell is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Donnell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Seminole
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Wellman
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Florey
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Florey is located in Andrews County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florey

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand ...

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

Adding Sand to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sand post office opened in 1935. The Sand post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sand.

Footnotes ...

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