Sandbeach, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
Unincorporated community | |
 Southwestern approach to Sandbeach | |
  Sandbeach | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′32″N 76°40′5″W / 40.30889°N 76.66806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Dauphin |
| Township | South Hanover |
| Elevation | 361 ft (110 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 717 |
Sand Beach (variant name Sandbeach[1]) is an unincorporated community in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area, in the vicinity of the census-designated place of Hershey. It lies at the point where the smaller Manada Creek joins the Swatara Creek.
It was founded as Manadaville. The village would later take its name after a post office in the area.[2]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sandbeach, Pennsylvania
- ^ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. pp. 14–.