Welcome to Sandy ...Sandy is located in Hill Country. Sandy is located in Blanco County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sandy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. Sandy is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Sandy lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Sandy: 830 Communities Also Named Sandy ...While we believe that this Sandy is located in Blanco County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Sandy. Those communities are located in the following counties: Limestone and Willacy County. Beyond Texas, there are 23 communities that are also named Sandy - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Michigan (2), Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Utah, Virginia and West Virginia (4). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy. Communities near Sandy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sandy.
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 Sandy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sandy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Sandy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy. See our Newspapers Page for Sandy. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sandy ...Looking for more information about 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Sandy, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sandy. Adding Sandy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of 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 Sandy was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sandy. Footnotes ...
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