Sand Hill, Rankin County, Mississippi

This article is about the unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi. For other communities in Mississippi, see Sand Hill, Mississippi (disambiguation).

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States

Sand Hill, Mississippi

Unincorporated community

Sand Hill, Mississippi

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Coordinates: 32°29′16″N 89°52′49″W﻿ / ﻿32.48778°N 89.88028°W﻿ / 32.48778; -89.88028
Country| United States
State| Mississippi
County| Rankin
Elevation

| 351 ft (107 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

39161, 39047, 39145

Area code(s)| 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID| 677341[1]

Sand Hill or Sandhill is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. Sand Hill is located on Mississippi Highway 25, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Flowood.[2]

## Notable person

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Sand Hill is the birthplace of three-time US Olympic Medalist Tori Bowie (1990-2023). Bowie won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay, a silver medal in the 100m dash, and a bronze in the 200m dash at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also won gold in the Women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in London.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Sand Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ Rankin County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
3. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2017: Tori Bowie wins women's 100m final – as it happened". The Guardian. August 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022.

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Municipalities and communities of Rankin County, Mississippi, United States

County seat: Brandon

Cities|

* Brandon
* Florence
* Flowood
* Jackson‡
* Pearl
* Richland

Map of Mississippi highlighting Rankin County

Towns|

* Pelahatchie

Village|

* Puckett

CDPs|

* Cleary
* Robinhood

Unincorporated
communities|

* Cross Roads
* Fannin
* Goshen Springs
* Greenfield
* Gulde
* Johns
* Koch
* Langford
* Leesburg
* Monterey
* Piney Woods
* Pisgah
* Sand Hill
* Star
* Whitfield

Ghost towns|

* Comeby
* Dobson
* Lynwood

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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