Sandlake is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies between Tillamook and Pacific City along Sandlake Road west of U.S. Route 101.[2]

Sandlake
Unincorporated community
The eponymous lake
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Coordinates: 45°18′11″N 123°55′24″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Tillamook
Elevation	30 ft (9 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code	503
GNIS feature ID	1149049[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

The community is named after a nearby body of water called Sand Lake along the Pacific coast. Postal authorities established a post office at this location on July 10, 1890, naming it Hembree after the first postmaster, A. J. Hembree. It was renamed Sandlake on January 18, 1898. The office remained open until May 1956.[3]

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