Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Elliott
- Established
- March 4, 1850
- Reincorporated
- April 13, 1888
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- James Robby Adkins
- Total
- 0.98 sq mi (2.55 km )
- Land
- 0.98 sq mi (2.54 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 804 ft (245 m)
- Density
- 652.8/sq mi (252.03/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-68556
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sandy Hook
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Elliott County
- Population
- 641
- Area
- 2.546216
- Elevation
- 235
- Capital of
- Elliott County
- Image
- Elliott County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 259
- Dialing code
- 606
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- postal code
- 41171
- Commons category
- Sandy Hook, Kentucky
- inception
- 1850-03-04
- P8168
- Cuban crocodile
- water as percent of area
- 0.1126
- per capita income
- 15366
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandy Hook is a home rule-class city beside the Little Sandy River in Elliott County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Sandy Hook had a population of 641.
Sandy Hook is the county seat of Elliott County, which is a dry county. It is illegal to sell alcohol within the city. The Little Sandy Correctional Complex, a medium-security prison operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections, is located 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Sandy Hook.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandy Hook” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.