Sand Beach (variant name Sandbeach[1]) is an unincorporated community in South Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the Harrisburg-Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area, nearby locating in the vicinity of the census-designated place of Hershey, Pennsylvania, in the United States. 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
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(s)	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

The 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

External links

• Sandbeach, PA profile
• Historical Pictures Includes the September 1966 fire.
• Hershey Historical Society - Sandbeach Covered Bridge

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