THE SANDY HOOK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau setting.
Sandy Hook city has 0.98 square miles of land in Elliott County. Its Census reference point is in Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Sandy Hook and Elliott County
Sandy Hook is associated with Elliott County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Sandy Hook by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Sandy Hook, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Elliott County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sandy Hook city has 20% of the land area of nearby West Liberty city (4.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.