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.
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 |
It was founded as Manadaville. The village would later take its name after a post office in the area.[2]
Sand Beach Covered Bridge
editThe Sand Beach Covered Bridge or Church Ford Covered Bridge was a 220-foot (67 m) Burr arch truss covered bridge built in 1853 and again in 1906 that crossed Swatara Creek between Derry Township and South Hanover Township. The bridge, restored by Hershey Enterprises in 1964, burned the night of September 3, 1966.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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–.
- ^ Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges. Fred J. Moll. 2012. p. 43. ISBN 9780738592497.
External links
edit- Sandbeach, PA profile
- Historical Pictures Includes the September 1966 fire.
- Hershey Historical Society - Sandbeach Covered Bridge