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SAND HILL, TEXAS


Upshur County, East Texas

FM 555 at Goldenroad Road
7 Miles NE of Gilmer the county seat
17 Miles N of Longview
Population: 75 (2000)

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Sand Hill TX - Upshur County country road
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, July 2011
See Roads of Upshur County by Bob Bowman

History in a Pecan Shell

W. A. Bland is generally accepted as the town founder. He named the future town for the abundant beds of sand around 1898.

Although no population figures are available, there were enough children to make a school necessary in the first few years of the 20th Century.

The 1930s seem to be the community’s peak years. After the school merged with another district a decline set in and by the 1960s only a cemetery was left with two churches and scattered residences.

It is now what is called a “dispersed rural community” with an estimated population of 75.
Photographer's Note:

Sand Hill is 7 miles northeast of Gilmer, 7 miles west of Ore City, 17 miles north of Longview, 7 miles northwest of Diana.


Sand Hill, TX  - Sand Hill Baptist Church
Sand Hill Baptist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, July 2011


Sand Hill TX -  Sand Hill Church of Christ
Sand Hill Church of Christ
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, July 2011
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Sand Hill TX Road
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, July 2011
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Sand Hill, Texas Nearby Towns:
Gilmer the county seat
Diana
Longview
Gladewater
Tyler
Mount Pleasant
Jefferson
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