Welcome to Sandy Bottom ...So far, we found very little information about Sandy Bottom. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sandy Bottom to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sandy Bottom, please Contact Us. Sandy Bottom would have been located within present day Middlesex County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sandy Bottom, you might consider that their post office opened in 1835. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sandy Bottom is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: The area where Sandy Bottom was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Sandy Bottom was located: 804 & 686<4> Communities Also Named Sandy Bottom ...While we believe that this Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County, we know of another 3 Virginia communities named Sandy Bottom. Those communities are located in the following counties: Amherst, Rockingham and Suffolk City. Beyond Virginia, there are 9 communities that are also named Sandy Bottom - they are located in Georgia (2), Maryland (2) and North Carolina (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sandy Bottom. Communities near Sandy Bottom ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sandy Bottom.
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 Bottom. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sandy Bottom. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sandy Bottom. 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 Bottom. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Bottom. See our Newspapers Page for Sandy Bottom. Adding Sandy Bottom to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sandy Bottom in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sandy Bottom was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sandy Bottom. Footnotes ...
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