Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Sandy Hook, KY

Sandy Hook is a home rule-class city beside the Little Sandy River in Elliott County, Kentucky, and serves as the county seat of Elliott County.

Sandy Hook is the only incorporated city in Elliott County, and because Elliott County is a dry county, the sale of alcohol is illegal within the city.

The community was first settled in the 1820s at the head of navigation on the Little Sandy River, and it took its name from the fishhook-shaped bend in the river at that point.

Sandy Hook was established by the Kentucky state legislature on March 4, 1850.

When Elliott County was created in 1869 from parts of Morgan, Lawrence, and Carter counties, Sandy Hook was chosen as the county seat over nearby Newfoundland after resident James Hunter made a generous donation of land for public buildings.

The city was incorporated in 1872 under the name Martinsburg, in honor of Congressman John P. Martin, but because another Martinsburg already existed in Kentucky, its post office, established in 1874, was named Sandy Hook; the city soon resumed that name and was reincorporated as Sandy Hook in 1888.

Kentucky Route 7 passes through the center of Sandy Hook, leading northeast about 22 miles to Grayson and southwest about 18 miles to West Liberty, while Kentucky Route 32 leads east toward Louisa.

The Little Sandy Correctional Complex, a medium-security prison operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections, is located about 6 miles northeast of Sandy Hook.

As of the 2020 census, Sandy Hook had a population of 641, down from 675 in 2010.

The 2000 census counted 678 people, 292 households, and 167 families residing in Sandy Hook.