In the rough division of the
county into four quarters or townships in 1801, what is now Sandy Lake
was included in the northeast quarter, all of which then bore the name
Sandy Lake. In the following year what is now Sandy Lake was probably
included in the jurisdiction of Cool Spring, and at the revision of the
township boundaries in 1805 the eastern portion of Cool Spring was set
off and continued the name Sandy Lake. Its area then comprised what is
now Worth township, and was reduced to its present size in 1849.
The honor of first settlement is given to Patrick McCloskey, a
prominent Irish Catholic, who located here about 1797. The Egberts of
this vicinity were first represented by William Egbert, a Revolutionary
soldier, who was the first blacksmith. On land lying south of Sandy
Lake borough, Adam Hill built his home, which in the legislative act of
April, 1805, is designated as the polling place for the township of
Sandy Lake. Enos Sanford, C. A. Giebner, William Perrine and Allen Dunn
were prominent pioneers either on account of their individual
activities or for the families which have since represented them.
Source: Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County, 1909, page 155 - 156
| Sandy
Lake Cemeteries |
Sandy
Lake Census Records |
Sandy
Lake Towns & Villages |
Amasa
Stone Cemetery
Oakhill Cemetery
Old Presbyterian Cemetery
St. Columbkill Cemetery
Yankee Hill Cemetery
|
1840
1850
1870 |
Booher
Corners
Sandy Lake
Stoneboro
Wades Corners
|
|
| Transformation of Sandy
Lake Twp. |
Formed in 1805 from Cool Spring Twp.
|
| Then divided into |
| Worth Twp. |
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