WayfarrowSandy Hill
Ghost town · Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Sandy Hill is a ghost town in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It is one of 2 former communities in Fayette County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 45 Pennsylvania counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sandy Hill as a historical populated place on the New Salem topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.9101° N, 79.7734° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | New Salem |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,135 ft |
| Nearest living town | South Uniontown, PA |
| Distance to it | 1.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1201510 |
| Coordinates | 39.91008, -79.77338 |
What's there now
Sandy Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is South Uniontown, PA (population 1,201), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,135 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Carmichaels Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 10.8 mi
- McMellinghost town · Monongalia County · 14.3 mi
- Neils Red Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 14.5 mi
- Florenceghost town · Preston County · 15.1 mi
- White Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 16.5 mi
- Horn Davis Overholtzer Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 16.8 mi
- West Overtonghost town · Westmoreland County · 18 mi
- Wrightsghost town · Preston County · 18.5 mi
- Cox Farm Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 18.8 mi
- Lippincott Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 18.9 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Washington County · 20.3 mi
- Grimes Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Greene County · 20.7 mi
Questions
Where is Sandy Hill?
Sandy Hill is in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at 39.9101, -79.7734.
How many ghost towns are in Fayette County?
Fayette County, Pennsylvania has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.