Sandy Hook, Indiana Explained
Sandy Hook was an unincorporated community in Veale Township, Daviess County, Indiana, United States.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
History
In the mid-1800s Sandy Hook had a general store, a number of homes, a saw mill, and a tavern.[8] The New York Central Railroad also had a station there (Sandy Hook Station).
When Sandy Hook contained a post office it was spelled Sandyhook. It opened in 1899, and closed the next year, in 1900.[9]
References
38.5683°N -87.2178°W
Notes and References
- Web site: 1980 Harold Allison articles about Daviess County "ghost towns" - Article Daviess County Historical Society . 2024-08-12 . daviesscounty.pastperfectonline.com.
- Web site: Daviess County, Indiana, 1908 Map, Washington . 2024-08-12 . www.mygenealogyhound.com.
- Web site: IN_Sandy_Hook_20130425_TM_geo.pdf . 2024-08-12 . Anyplace America.
- Web site: Engineering Soils Map of Daviess County, Indiana : Final Report . Internet Archive.
- Book: Fulkerson, Alva Otis . History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ... with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . 1915 . Indianapolis, Ind. : B. F. Bowen . Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
- Gahan . Daniel . 2016 . Wexford Emigrants and the Irish Experience in Canal Construction in Nineteenth-Century America: Evidence from the Wabash and Erie in Daviess and Huntington Counties, Indiana, 1850. . The Past: The Organ of the Uí Cinsealaigh Historical Society . 32 . 14–32 . 26202840 . 2009-2040.
- Web site: Federal Highway Administration and Indiana Department of Transportation . October 18, 2005 . I-69 EVANSVILLE TO INDIANAPOLIS Tier 2 Studies Historic Property Report Section 2, SR 64 to US 50 . in.gov.
- Web site: Daviess County Indiana . 2024-08-12 . genealogytrails.com.
- Web site: Daviess County . Jim Forte Postal History . 31 August 2014.