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Welcome to Sand Draw ...

Sand Draw is located in Fremont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Draw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1949.

Sand Draw is 5,960 feet [1,817 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sand Draw is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Sand Draw lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Sand Draw: 307

Communities near Sand Draw ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Sand Draw.

  • Myersville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Myersville is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myersville
  • Saint Stephens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Arapahoe
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hudson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffrey City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lander
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Miners Delight ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Miners Delight is located in Fremont County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Delight

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sand Draw. 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 Sand Draw.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Draw ...

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

Adding Sand Draw to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sand Draw post office opened in 1949. The Sand Draw post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sand Draw.

Footnotes ...

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