Sandy Hook, KY

Sandy Hook is a home rule-class city beside the Little Sandy River in Elliott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 641 residents. Sandy Hook is the county seat of Elliott County, which is a dry county. Sandy Hook is illegal to sell alcohol within the city. Sandy Hook has a lending library, the Rocky J. Sandy Hook's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Kentucky setting.

The local scoop is how Sandy Hook's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Little Sandy Correctional Complex, a medium-security prison operated by the Kentucky Department of Corrections, is located 6 miles northeast of Sandy Hook. The head of navigation on the Little Sandy River was first settled in the 1820s. Sandy Hook is located near the center of Elliott County at the head of navigation on the Little Sandy River in eastern Kentucky.